When I got my success I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes. Jill Scott More Quotes by Jill Scott More Quotes From Jill Scott Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it. Jill Scott forgiving appreciate understanding Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt. Jill Scott this-life hurt sometimes Find new treasures in yourself. Love doesn't die. Love is unyielding. It's going to come back. The more you love and appreciate yourself, the more prepared you are when the real thing shows up. Jill Scott appreciate real love-is Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming. Jill Scott nightmare dream mean Don't stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare. Jill Scott stop-dreaming nightmare dream If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life. Jill Scott help-me grows helping What I see is trying to make sure that everybody thinks you have more than what you actually have. What’s the point if you actually don’t have it? If you don’t have it, then you don’t have it. Have what you have. Enjoy that . . . The craft is everything. Don’t be afraid of not being the wealthiest person in the room. Be the smartest person in the room. Be the slickest person in the room. Be the most creative person in the room. Be the most entertaining person in the room. Just be in the room. Jill Scott creative trying thinking I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is. Jill Scott defining matter thinking I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know? Jill Scott silly beautiful inspirational I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling. Jill Scott want feelings feels I'm looking for someone who works as hard as I do. Who loves their work as much as I do, so at the end of the night we have something real to talk about, something exciting that makes our blood flow and boil. Jill Scott real night blood A woman is more than the sum of her parts. Jill Scott Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming? Jill Scott dream doe mean One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect. Jill Scott dignity things-i-love humility Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives. Jill Scott powerful mother children In order to grow emotionally and mentally, sometimes you have to grow physically as well. I'm just trying to grow, man, and always I just want to be the best and most confident me I can be. Jill Scott trying men order To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing. Jill Scott queens powerful home I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way. Jill Scott smell feelings men I am making an effort to truly live. I don't mean to imply by that that I haven't been alive before but, with my son being here and such a powerful force in my life, he's given me a freedom to be more. I think that sometimes we can get stuck, and just the fact that he's here says so much to me about my own existence. I didn't think I'd be able to have children, and this level of blessing is something I can't even put my finger on. Jill Scott powerful mean children I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person. I'm not just breasts or ass or thighs - I'm a whole being! And it just seems like women aren't necessarily striving to be the whole of themselves. Jill Scott ass feminist thinking
