“We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention.”

The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging and rearing her children in righteousness and truth. None other can adequately take her place.

There is no obstacle too great, no challenge too difficult, if we have faith.

Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.

No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the lives of those within our circle of influence.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

The truest mark of your success in life will be the quality of your marriage.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.

Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Remember that whatever you do or wherever you are, you are never alone.

Style is a display of character. It’s also a great way to express yourself and the ladies like it.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

She’s my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.

If you admire greatness in another human being, it is your own greatness you are seeing.

Some wedges are great but you can look like your feet are encased in cement.

The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.

I’m interested in pressure, I’m interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them.

I have two really great best friends that are the only people I hang out with. I keep a close circle.