If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.

My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re-read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious pieces of good in the world.

If I can hold God's attention, I can hold the world's..

A bird & a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home?

I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.

The doc swore she came out screamin' in the key of E.

Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap

People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.

Cause I am strong and I can prove itAnd I got my dreams to see me throughIt's just a mountain, I can move itAnd with faith enough there's nothing I can't doAnd I can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd I can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningAnd everything's gonna be all rightIt's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb . . . and I also know that I'm not blonde.

I look just like the girl next door ... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.

The way I see it if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.

I'm not going to limit myself just because some people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.