“And ev'ry tear you cry's a smile you ain't never gon' get back.”

“What happens to you changes you. Fer good or ill, yer changed ferever. There ain't no goin back. No matter how many tears you cry.”

“Can you believe we still around?after so many hit the ground and we ain't gon' stop now until we get that wisdom”

“There's gon' be some stuff you gon' seethat's gon' make it hard to smile in the future.But through whatever you see,through all the rain and the pain,you gotta keep your sense of humor.You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit.Remember that.”

“If the devil ain't messin with you, he's already got you. If you is waitin to clean up your own life before you get out and help somebody else, you may as well take off your shoes and crawl back in the bed 'cause it ain't never gon' happen. Jesus don't need no help from no perfect saints. If He did, He wouldn't a' gone up yonder and left us down here in charge.”

“Thy voice I seem in ev'ry hymn to hear, with ev'ry bead I drop too soft a tear...”