Every exit is an entrance to someplace else..

It's a sweet thing, faith. With it, you can handle any circumstance, any crisis, because you know God always has your back. And when God is for you, ….

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out..

God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within..

As Aunt Naomi was listing all the things she was going to do to help this person, her friend stopped her in mid-sentence. "Naomi, girl," she said, "y….

Always respect yourself and don't go out there disrespecting yourself..

There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will an….

When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you..

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart a….

Tell Aretha I’ll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her..

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada..

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva..

Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everythi….

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people..

People with no humor, they're outta my life..

I don't tweet, Twitter, email, Facebook, look book, no kind of book. I have a land line phone at my home - that's the only phone I have. If my phone ….

Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners..

I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it..

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody..

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give..

Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife - very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself..