We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that (upper) register? I doubt it.

If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you're gonna make it happen.

After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears.

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to.

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Everybody Out There....Dont take ANYBODY for granted.Cause you never know when you might lose them,and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

It’s just as hard to go back to a place you once left, as it is to leave it again.

A bow is useless without an arrow.

If you dont do it, youll never know what would have happened if you had done it

those who judge must take all aspects of an individual's personality into account.

Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began.

When we complain, we remain. When we whine, we stay behind. When we praise, we raise.

The Israelites' slavery in Egypt is the equivalent of our slavery to sin. God sent Moses to deliver them from bondage, and He sent Jesus Christ to set us free.

A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.