Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Della Reese

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Della Reese.
Last updated on September 30, 2024.
Della Reese

Delloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. She began her long career as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?". In the late 1960s she hosted her own talk show, Della, which ran for 197 episodes. From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Elliott Gould in Expecting Mary (2010). Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not.
I don't have to take insulin because I have been able to make these changes and take this medication.
My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations. — © Della Reese
My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.
Touching people is very rewarding to me.
We want to be a place where, and when there's no place else, you can turn us on and know that He's there, He cares, and He's going to do something about it.
I could not have made it this far had there not been angels along the way.
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either.
I have a children's book already out and my autobiography.
It's the truth and people need to hear the truth.
You see, I was born in the slums, that was before the ghetto. The ghetto was kind of refined; the slums was right there on the ground.
I have been a Christian all my life, but it's impossible to be so deeply involved in these stories without it making you think again, and without it making you consciously aware of the people involved.
I also work with the spirituality of people. — © Della Reese
I also work with the spirituality of people.
My doctor explained that exercise and diet changes might help and that I also might need a medication.
So, yes, I believe in angels, absolutely, I do.
Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing.
They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning.
People have known me for so long, I'm just Della to them.
Each week, from a different point of view, you get another look at God, and that's exciting to me.
The exercise I do now is a mammoth change for me because I never did any exercise ever.
I don't see how I possibly could have come from where I entered the planet to where I am now if there had not been angels along the way.
So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.
So I all knew was you lost your limbs and you died from it. I was scared silly.
I like to sing very much.
Now I walk every where I can. I also ride a stationary bicycle for a total of 30 minutes. I do it three or more times a week now and I have lost 20 pounds.
I teach metaphysics and pastor a church.
When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.
We have made people in the industry and the people that see us aware that God loves them. — © Della Reese
We have made people in the industry and the people that see us aware that God loves them.
I'm an honest hoe, and all my hoes is honest.
Yes, I'm a Pastor of a church called Understand Principles for Better Living Church, in Los Angeles, CA.
We have made people in the industry and the people that see us aware that God loves them
If you're not getting the things you want, need or desire, it's because you have not accepted that you can have them.
You dont have to let your life be destroyed by diabetes. You can reclaim your life.
I don't want my husband to push me around in a wheelchair. I don't want someone to lead me around because I'm blind.
There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either
My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.
Its very seldom you get paid for doing what you love and telling the truth at the same time. It seems they dont often coincide.
Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing — © Della Reese
Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing
I can still enjoy the foods I like I just eat much smaller portions now. And of course Ive had to give up that southern style way of cooking.
Now I walk every where I can. I also ride a stationary bicycle for a total of 30 minutes. I do it three or more times a week now and I have lost 20 pounds
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