Houston: “You can fool people. You can fool anyone anytime of the day, but you can’t fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you’ve got to be straight up with you.”

Houston: “I wouldn’t be with anybody who wouldn’t respect my opinion.”

Houston: “Nobody makes me do something I don’t wanna do, it’s my decision. So the biggest devil is me, I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy.”

Houston: “My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don’t fight it.”

[On how she runs her business]

Houston: "I have very competent people who do [their] job, and they do them well, and if they don't then they know that they're going to hear from me."

Houston: “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to have created something that will.”

[On being a businesswoman]

Houston: "What [does] a businesswoman do? She says what she doesn't want and she knows primarily what she wants, and that's that's a pretty tough thing to have to determine sometimes"

Houston: “God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?”

Houston: "I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside."

Houston: “I like being a woman, even in a man’s world. After all, men can’t wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.”

Houston: "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."

Houston: "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?"

Houston: "Being a professional is doing what your duty calls for. I am head of my organization, I am the boss, so being a professional and rising to the occasion is what being a professional is all about"

Houston: “Love is a contact sport.”

Houston: "I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I’m living for her, so I’m fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family. I’m just fiercely protective."

Houston: “I finally faced the fact that it isn’t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.”

Houston: "I'm like an American princess. White America wanted me to marry someone white. They don't understand why I'd want a strong black man."

Houston: "I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore."