Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.

While your past can inform you and your future can inspire you, the moment of choice exists in the here and now.

When you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul.

Your soul's mission is to serve in the grandest way it can. Divine plans lie imprinted in your inner world, and there are important lessons for you to learn and share on this journey to your most magnificent self.

God's will can become your internal reference point from this day forward; it is your choice.

When you are committed to living a life in service to the most high, the choices to be great, to serve and be served, to love and be loved are apparent.

Devotion begins at home, inside your own awareness.

Calling on you to give up control of the outer world and gladly accept control of your inner relationship with God, devotion is essential for fully realizing your soul's calling.

With devotion at the center of your awareness, you don't have to refer to your past in order to make a choice of how to respond or react in any given situation.

Throughout your life, you've been influenced by what you have done in the past, what you have been told you can and cannot do, and what your present circumstances seem to dictate.

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

'Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories.

He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners.

If your husband's going to leave you for anyone, it might as well be Elizabeth Taylor.

You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Bette Davis was a close friend. She loved to have a good time.

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were my special friends at MGM.

I like being a Girl Scout.

My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything.

Gene Kelly was hard on me, but I think he had to be.

You have to believe in yourself.

In life, I'm like Molly Brown. I've had tough times along the way and gone through experiences that many women have gone through. But I ain't down yet.

I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift.

I can pick good food, but I can't pick a good man.

I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart to stay open, then all you have is a filled heart of hate and bitterness, and you're never able to love or like anybody.

I've had to walk through a lot of my tears.

I never thought I would live this long.

Robert Wagner was my greatest crush.

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

My husbands all repeatedly said the same thing - that I was not a very passionate woman.

I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.

I'm 78. We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to Heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories.

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

I'm a sucker for a good movie.

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit.

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.

You all know who she is. There's very little she isn't.

I'm going to stay on stage until I drop dead. Then I'm going to have myself stuffed, like Trigger, and I'm going to put me in a museum.

You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown.

Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.

Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.'