Patti LaBelle Quotes

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In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

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Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

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Women who want to lead the orchestra have to turn their back on the crowd.

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The smallest deed is greater than the grandest intention.

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That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. Because love is demonstration, not declaration.

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When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you.

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Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife—very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself.

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I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.

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God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.

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It's a sweet thing, faith. With it, you can handle any circumstance, any crisis, because you know God always has your back. And when God is for you, who can be against you? Nobody. As my Aunt Hattie says, "One and God are a majority."

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Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

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There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.

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