Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with.

Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them.

Failures not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

I go, and I do my work, and I try to do the best I can, and I collect my money, and I go home, and then I go on to the next thing. That's my attitude.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

It was a time after 'Lady Sings the Blues' and 'Mahogany' and all those romantic movies: I became this romantic figure on the street in a very special way.

The Time (T) and Energy (E) we invest in others, people will take it and carry it with them.

There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?

Faith is the final triumph over incongruity the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.

I'm so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it's made me.

Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life.

When love takes you by the hand and leaves you better, that is home. That's the place to stake your claim and build your life.

Simple techniques for meditation can involve repetition of spiritually focused words, thoughts or ideas that help one feel at peace mentally and physically.

I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.