There is a God! the sky his presence shares, His hand upheaves the billows in their mirth, Destroys the mighty, yet the humble spares And with contentment crowns the thought of worth.

Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.

No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child.

A woman always wants to change her man but a man wants her to be unchanged.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.

I differ with myself then agree, like the rock that was broken and cemented together. I change my opinion.

Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.

That's the trouble with caring about anybody, you begin to feel overprotective. Then you begin to feel crowded.

You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that!

Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

What love lays bare in me is energy.