I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe and people use it in the way that they need it in their lives.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

A woman can't change a man because she loves him. A man changes himself because he loves her.

Your reality is yours. Stop wasting time looking at someone else's reality while doing nothing about yours.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

If you pray about it don't worry about it. If you're going to worry about it don't pray about it.

Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.

Everybody by your side ain't on your side

Don't be afraid to lose him, because if a man truly loves you, he's not going anywhere

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

We can all be giants in moments of peace and harmony, but to stay a giant in adversity is the true test of one’s mettle.

The person following is never in control, which she knows full well and which is exactly why she does it.

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings.

Help me reach a friend in darkness; Help me guide him through the night. Help me show thy path to glory By the Spirit's holy light. . . .

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.

Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.

I do not know how long the arm of Mr Holbrooke or Mrs Albright is ... or whether that arm can reach me here.

The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. The truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.