“That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. Because love is demonstration, not declaration.” IfsWayHardDiesLove IsRelationshipFlowerLessonsI've LearnedDeclarationDemonstrationHard Way Author:Patti LaBelle
“Here's the thing about faith: It gives us the strength to go on when we want to give in. It gives us the courage to get up when we want to lie down. It gives us the power to make a way out of no way when there ain't no way. Just as love can't make you strong until love has made you weak, well, faith can't lift you up until life has knocked you down. With faith or without it, we can't stop the waves. But with it, we don't need to. Because with it we can ride the surf.” WayWantNeedsGivingWellsMadeLyingFaithStrongGoes OnWeakWaveGet UpLiftsSurfLift You Up Author:Patti LaBelle
“As Aunt Naomi was listing all the things she was going to do to help this person, her friend stopped her in mid-sentence. "Naomi, girl," she said, "you need to resign as general manager of the universe. You need to learn that sometimes the best way to help a person is to let them help themselves. Otherwise, they never learn how. And they are always going to make their problems your problems."” WayNeedsPersonsSaidSometimesHelpingProblemGirlUniverseSentencesBest WayManagersAuntHelpfulnessGeneral Manager Author:Patti LaBelle
