“God already knows what ya want and He knows what's best for ya. Sometimes they ain't the same thing.”

“Be happy 'cause happy ain't about what you got, it's about what you do with what you got.”

“I know when God gives us somethin' good in this world we gotta hold on long as we can.”

“Sometimes we got to run to get to where the good Lawd need us to go. An' sometimes we got to just sit there an' listen for Him to tell us what to do, even if that mean we gotta suffer a li'l while.”

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

“Besides, the only color God see in any of us is the color of our soul.”

“We don't need much 'round here. Just some food and water. And each other. Really that all that we ever need. And God of course.”