"The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell."

“Unless you connect to the text, the audience won't be able to connect with you.”

Source : "A working life: The voice coach". Interview with Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.

“Sad to say I’m missing the Masters. Thanks to the fans for so many kind wishes.”

“When you feel like some people will turn their back on you, judge you so much, you just have to keep going and you can keep going with your life. There are so many things that you can touch on really.”

Source : "La'el Collins Q&A: Cowboys Rookie on Murder Investigation and Draft Plummet". Interview with Jason Cole, bleacherreport.com. July 15, 2015.

“A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.”

“My body is a reflection of how grateful I am for my life and my health; there are a lot of people less fortunate than me.”

“He that cheats another is a knave; but he that cheats himself is a fool.”

Source : Sentence-Sermons from Brigham Young University Quarterly. The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume 70, 1908.

“The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.”

“There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.”