Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

- Cissy Houston

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

- Cissy Houston

Sometimes, all you can do... is sing.

- Cissy Houston

I am so grateful to God for giving me the gift of 48 years with my daughter. And I accept that He knew when it was time to take her.

- Cissy Houston

You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around.

- Cissy Houston

My faith keeps me strong.

- Cissy Houston

I'm very proud of my daughter. She accomplished a whole lot in the short time that she had here... she was a very wonderful person.

- Cissy Houston