If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.

I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy: it's serious business.

It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.

Look for the beauty in things.

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them.

The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up.