My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability.

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

I like what I see when I'm looking at me when I'm walking past the mirror.