We’re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

Heavenly Father loves every one of His children. After all, He is their Father.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it’s just kind of been like my habitat.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

I don’t think that women need to smell interesting.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

I have a lot of other stuff to accomplish before I get to kids. Whenever the time is right, I’ll just know. If I had a girl, she’d probably be really rebellious. She would be like a bundle of karma. I would love to bring them up in Barbados.

Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s about.

A conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to wash utensils and do lowly household work in the houses of others to earn a livelihood. I have seen poverty very closely. I have lived in poverty. As a child, my entire childhood was steeped in poverty.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

I’ve been my mom’s kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

I used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

Going to a therapist is not something you do when you’re growing up as a street kid in Toronto.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He’s on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

People don’t realise how difficult it is to work with people day in and day out that know absolutely nothing.

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, ‚So what’s the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.‘ Most of her lifetime, it’s true. But at the time it really was a big deal.

As much as I’m a black person from America, I’m a black person from Africa, too.

Men weren’t always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.

I rely on other people every day of my life.

I do not think that I am a natural born mother… If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.

My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I’m tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It’s hilarious. So we decided that I’m going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

I’m a fighter, I’m a winner, and I’m not interested in just battling my team-mate for the back of the grid.

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And I always saw her as the leader. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying ‚we support you‘ and then walking away. We won’t be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That’s why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn’t enough. That’s why we have to keep striking.

Whenever something went wrong when I was young – if I had a pimple or if my hair broke – my mom would say, ‚Sister mine, I’m going to make you some soup.‘ And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.

When I was a kid, I never thought much about football. I thought about following in my family’s footsteps and going into professional wrestling.

I feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

I have known people who are working class or craftsmen, who happen to be more intellectual than professors.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.

I have spent so much time and so much energy making other people’s children stars.

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no. That’s not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president?

I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I’d get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.

Collegiality is crucial to the success of our mission. We could not do the job the Constitution assigns to us if we didn’t – to use one of Justice Antonin Scalia’s favorite expressions – ‚Get over it!‘

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

My husband’s a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can’t raise children who have more shame resilience than you do.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.