You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog... How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.

Don't believe everything you hear, don't believe everything you read and only believe half of what you see

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.

Never become so involved with something that it blinds you. Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.

If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.

Be careful of the ones that always wanna get you high, cause when the time comes, that one'll let you die.

The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

A heart has problems which mind cannot understand.

No one likes the word “failure” and no one wants to ever experience failure… but the truth is that our failures pave the way for our eventual success and we have only truly failed if we stop trying.

Not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an imagination that has never broken kinship with nature. Art must accept such gifts, and revaluate the giver.

Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.

Don't waste your energy on the ugly. Save it for the beautiful.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself.

We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.

Love is a bridge that links us heart to heart Mother and child can never live apart.

There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully and finding out how we can infiltrate them.