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

“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.”

“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.”

“The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.”

“Objective truth is difficult to come by, and even if you have it, what you can pass on to the next person is the story that you tell about it. In order for truth to be recognized as true, it has to be wrapped in plausibility. Just the same as lies. ("Another Word: Plausibility and Truth”

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

“God has a way of making sure you reach your destiny, regardless of what others do to you.”