"Today is a precious gift, that's why they call it the present."

"If you want an unhappy life-- and this is a guarantee-- get involved with a man merely for the sake of having one."

"You have to pray as if everything depends on God, but work as if everything depends on you."

"I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it."

"The ability to live fully in the moment-- in the time and place we are right now-- is one of the greatest secrets I know of living joyfully."

"Nothing kills the dream or the possibility of a good relationship quicker than the realities of a bad one. Or a settled-for, second-rate, time-to-let-it-go one."

"There is nothing more personal than your values."

"Know God, know peace; no God, no peace."

"Barbie is a doll, not a goal."

"Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror."

"Don't try to change the wind, change the sails."

"You preach a better sermon with your life than you do with your lips."

"You can't be a doormat if you don't lie down."

"A thousand mistakes are an education if you learn something from every one."

"They're the Ten Commandments, not the Ten Suggestions."

"A girl never really becomes a woman until she loses her mother."

"When you share love, it's like a boomerang. Every time you throw it out there, it comes right back to you."

"I don’t worry about age, but I always worry about color. In America, a White woman is always going to come before the Black woman. That’s just the way it is."

"My ex wasn’t the enemy; the marriage was the enemy."

"I'm just trying to be an upfront woman, I don't want to be a behind..."

"My biggest accomplishment is my son, Zuri. Hair, clothes, music... all that other stuff makes me feel good temporarily, but they come at a cost, financial or otherwise. Not my son... his love is free."

"My motivation is having a public waiting for my music because it makes me feel better about what I’ve done."

"If you’re feeling what you’re doing, if you have that soul, spirit and motivation you can do anything."

"I’m always moving and trying to discover something new to entice me."

"I believe that less is more. I like the plain look."

"You know, having diabetes is like having to treat your body like a temple, not an amusement park."

"I’m ready for greatness-- I am ready for the world."

"What we are is God's gift to us: what we become is our gift to God."

"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

"Not saying no, is saying yes."

"If you wait until your hands stop shaking, you will never open the door. You can't steal second base by keeping your foot on first. You have to go out on a limb. Because that's where all the fruit is."

"In love, it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want."

"My voice is a blessing. And no matter what other people say, I can't block it."

 

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