“By figuring out how the experience can help you move forward. That's the point of why it happened to you in the first place. There's something you're suppose to get from the moment that'll get you closer to your mission if you can see it. Most people can't.”

“You have to get clear about the kind of life you can live here. Life can be lived anywhere, but not every life can be lived everywhere.”

“You can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you”

“Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up.”

“Don't give people god's power. Yeah, they have opinions and stuff, but they ain't got no power to change your world unless you give it to 'em. Keep the power you got. You'll need it. I promise.”

“Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you.”

“Sometimes, when people think they're putting obstacles in your path, they're actually laying your stepping-stones. You just gotta recognize them as one and the same.”