It is a sin to be poor.

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.

Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.

I'd been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, 'Oh God, if this is all I do, I'll never be able to live with myself.'

I have two idols in my life - God and my mum.

There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.

Parents today are self-absorbed. They don't care what anyone thinks or even what their children think. There is less focus on discipline, integrity, boundaries, fairness, honesty and spirituality.