Always in the black spirituals there's that promise that things are going to be better, by and by.

Don't let the man bring you down.

Laugh as much as you can.

If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your children, you're in their lives all the time. Leave them alone! Let them grow and make some mistakes. Tell them, "You can come home. My arms are here - and my mouth is too." When you really love them, you don't want to possess them. You don't say, "I love you and I want you here with me."

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.