You believe the sun will reappear after a stormy day, so why is it so hard to believe, you'll experience happiness after every heartache.

It takes courage to become authentic. So many talk about the light but not enough speak the truth about the struggles it takes to get there and the tools to overcome it all.

I said, but I have to go, there are so many places calling my name.

You will meet many opponents in your time that will come face to face with your flaws, trust the chaos ~ pain & confusion is the pathway to break open and become free.

Know your worth and love yourself in such a way that anyone who is no good for you, wont be able to reach you.

You have to learn where your weaknesses end and your strengths starts or you will spend your life focusing on all that falls apart.

Happiness will be fleeting if you constantly search for it in places that can be taken away. It's an inside job.

I am a wild woman. it would take a warrior to tame my spirit.

You can give illness to her body but you can't take the gypsy out of that girl.

Sometimes all it takes is a little watering everyday and a sunny day to follow, that's how weeds become flowers and new dawns rise - why would it be any less then for a human life?

what once cause catastrophe in my life has now become the catalyst for my direction.

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.

Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves.

Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation

Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind

At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?" "No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, "Oh, my God!

Everyone thinks that having a talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent.

Be pleased to look forward, And pleased to look behind, Count today, your 40th, and each birthday With a grateful mind.

When I collaborated with Nelly Furtado, the idea for the song structure came from myself, but the lyrics and the ideas behind the songs came from her.

I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.

All ages of belief have been great; all of unbelief have been mean.