Della Reese

“If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.”

“I don't care what you have done in the past, what you are doing now, or what you will do in the future. I am here to love you.”

“You can't be a victim. You have to be a victor.”

“I believe that we are all here for a purpose. We are all part of a divine plan.”

“You can have what you say, but you have to be willing to take what you are saying. You can't just get the good stuff.”

“I am a living testament to the fact that you can have a dream and make it a reality.”

“The secret to a long marriage is to stay married.”

“Faith is not a sense. It is not a feeling. It is not an emotion. It is a decision.”

“I may not be exactly the person I wanted to be, but I'm not the person I was, so I'm thankful.”

“In order to be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.”

“I'm not a star. I'm a worker. I'm a working woman.”

“I learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.”

“You have to be a little bit crazy to do what I do.”

“Life is a secret. You have to go through it to find out. There's no use in asking. You have to live it.”

“God is not a celestial bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.”

“My mother, Nellie, was a personal-service worker. My father, Richard, was a laborer. They were both from Tennessee. I came from a very strict, Christian home.”

“I thank God for the journey. The joy of it is in the journey. The journey is the reward.”