lauryn hill

“ Wake up, youve been sleeping. Take up your bed and walk. Stop blaming other people. Oh, its nobody elses fault. ”

“ That strong mother doesnt tell her cub ”

“ Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy it not And endure what comes Cause he is all that I got. ”

“ See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part. ”

“ I consider myself a crayon. I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture. ”

“ Once you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you've just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling. ”

“ I tried to manipulate and control people and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven but I wouldn't forgive others. ”

“ We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it. ”

“ We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ”

“ It's more important to be righteous than to be right. ”