If you ever have to sacrifice something good, have faith that God will reward you with something GREAT

Success is not an accident. It is sheer hard work. There is no short-cuts. You have to take the stairs and you have to start from the bottom.

One of the greatest things you can do to help others is not just to share and give what you have, but to help them discover what they have within themselves to help themselves.

Love cannot be measured over time and space. It is not how long you know each other, it is how well you know each other.

The presence of many does not and cannot replace the absence of one. That is love.

Don't be afraid to show your feelings. Wear your heart on your sleeves. The right one will see

A woman should not hold on to her man so tight, afraid to let him out of sight. A woman should give her man his space but hold on to his heart

You can love many people. But the truth is you can only be IN LOVE with just ONE.

There will always be real friends and fake friends. It is difficult to distinguish the two because both will appear the same in the beginning but so different at the end.

When you do things for others; don't expect your good deeds to be returned. Do it because you enjoy making someone's day.

Don't ever let anyone turn your sky into a ceiling.

Don't judge yourself feeling that you can't solve a problem. Just give your sincere effort and leave the rest

Melly is the only woman friend I ever had, ” she thought forlornly, “the only woman except Mother who really loved me. She’s like Mother, too. Everyone who knew her has clung to her skirts.

A good reputation is better than great riches.

We are bound to meet wrong things for wrong things are bound to meet us but, when things go wrong, don't be wrong, let things be wrong

A lot of profanities begin with "F". Word "failure" is one of them.

We do have a love fest [at home]. It's like, 'I'm making you a cupcake.' Then it's like, 'Well, I made you a cake.' And it's like, 'Well I made you a cake with a cupcake on top and candles.'

I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.

Stop at nothing to get the best work that you can get. Betray, violate, cause enormous harm.

I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren't any good and I kinda knew it.

I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded.