I didn't take lessons, and I don't know my scales.
We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.
Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.
God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.
Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.
Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
Beauty (was)a gift which, in the eyes of New York, justified every success, and excused a certain number of failings.
I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny.
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
When you forgive a person, what do you do? You accept the situation, to begin with. And secondly, you forgive what you think has been done wrong to you. But because nothing wrong can be done to your spirit, you just forgive because you are the spirit. And when you forgive, you have found that your tension goes away.