The more I grow, and the older I get, the more I am enjoying my life and know how precious it really is.

Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right.

No matter how hard it seems...never give up, always believe.

Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.

Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.

Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.

You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.

Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.

The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.

Hell is—other people!

If you can add a great beauty to something which is already beautiful, then you must be very beautiful like a white swan adding beauty to a misty lake!

To grow—overcome and go beyond your barrier.

The sun loves the moon so much that he dies every night to let her breathe, and in return, she reflects his love.

No one moment is most important. Any moment can be something.

You will become what you believe. The truth is, I am what I am today because of what I believed about myself yesterday. And I will be tomorrow what I believe about myself right now

Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?

Those things of real worth in life are worth going to any length in love and respect to safeguard.

Wake up and live. It's a fast world out there.

After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove.