Frankie Ballard Quotes

I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything.

You tend to take your journey for granted after a while, but when I pause and look back, I feel blessed that I had so many opportunities.

As I've grown older, I appreciate what I had at Lilly even more than I did back then.

God was awfully good to me during the good days. I cherish the old days, but I don't miss them.

I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all. I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.

I think sometimes in life we rush and only later look back and say, 'Wow, that was something pretty cool that I did,' and we realize we should have been more aware while it was happening.

I've seen a lot of seasons, change in my time. It's been a very lucky life.

I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.

Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.

I think I have had so many amazing moments in my life.

I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more.

I look back with a mix of emotions: sadness for the people who are gone, nostalgia for times that have passed, but immense gratitude for the wonderful opportunities that came my way.

I'm certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you're missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn't miss anything.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

I still remember how my father used to wake me up at 4 A.M. and make me study. He also used to take me for a walk and then always dropped me to school. I was very disciplined, as my father inculcated those values in me. Now that my father is no more, I understand that you should not take your parents for granted.

Every moment is memorable to me.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

Remember this... develop a sense of nostalgia for something, or you'll never figure out what's important.

Every hour spent on the Caine was a great hour in all our lives-if you don't think so now you will later on, more and more.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.

One can't change one's life experience, but even if I could, I wouldn't change it because of all the wonderful things that have happened to me.

I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn't change any of them.

I'm definitely doing better. I never realized that I would get the support that I've gotten from everybody - from my fans, to people that I've idolized my whole life. So it's overwhelming, it's amazing and I believe that everything happens for a reason so I'm in a really good place right now.

I have such incredible experiences in my life.

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.