shoot, lines from The Color Purple get you thru the day.
"this my chance to break from Mista jail" (bad day at work, or changing jobs)
"any mo letters come" (somebody messing up your program on purpose)
"chile you need to bash Mista's head in now and worry bout heaven lata" (sometimes what you have to do, well, not the bashing, but the analogy)
"sister, we're two of a kind, so sister, I'm keeping my eye on you..." - Shug singing Miss Celie's Blues (sisterhood, self-esteem esp. for this next line)
"remember your name, no twister gonna steal your stuff away" (always believe in yourself, no matter what someone does in a harmful way to you)
