Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.