You give away your power when you don’t forgive.
Prayer really can change things.
Heartbreak can make you hard! But don’t let it make you bitter.
Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.
Once you’re truly happy with yourself alone, that’s when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don’t have anything, you can be happy where you are.
The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.
God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you are supposed to do. And everything will be alright.
I didn’t have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don’t, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.
It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.
I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest and you’ll avoid stretch marks and I’ll get you some Vaseline, you can change your oil and fry chicken with it, too, but you best make sure you have something.
When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.
People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
I’m always on to something else. It’s like, I’m sitting here now jotting down notes for something that’s in my head. There’s always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.
You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.
Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed – for the most part, every family’s got them.