Sure as I am breathing, sure as I'm sad I'll keep this wisdom in my flesh I leave here believing more than I had This love has got no ceiling

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Believe in yourself. Stay in your own lane. There’s only one you. —Queen Latifah

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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.

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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

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Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you believe about Life will be your experience of Life.

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Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by the spirit of light.

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So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time.

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I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.

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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

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When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time. ― Maya Angelou

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