I love imperfections.

Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects.

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, ‚God is not mad at you.‘ Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, ‚That is exactly what I needed to hear today.‘ Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.

I know people said I wasn’t selling out in America, but that was entirely untrue. We sold out all over the world, and every night I looked out into the fans and those front rows that you’re talking about, the tears, the honesty, the inability to not be completely overjoyed because they felt accepted.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

God doesn’t love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone’s sexual preferences are or if they’re black, brown or purple.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

While there’s life, there’s hope.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus‘ famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

I don’t go down the road of condemning.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

It’s nice to be included in people’s fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

I think what’s important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

The fact that you are willing to say, ‚I do not understand, and it is fine,‘ is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can’t get it out, I start feeling bad about myself – a lot of self-loathing.

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down .

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

We are what we believe we are.