Quotes from Whitney Houston

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.

There can be miracles when you believe.

I like being a woman in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children.

I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.

I've never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful

If I fail, if I succeed, at least I live as I believe.

I'm the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something's going down, I won't eat. Some people eat, I don't eat. And it shows in my physical frame.

If you say my eyes are beautiful, it's because they are looking at you.

Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.

I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.

Loneliness comes with life.

Sometimes you'll laugh. Sometimes you'll cry. Life never tells us, the when's or why's. When you've got friends, to wish you well. You'll find your point when. You will exhale.

She's my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?