A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

The abundant life Jesus spoke of isn't opposed to the material, but it consists of more than just the material.

Only if you are possible, everything will be possible.

Wonderful things are possible when you dream big and use your imagination.

People helping people, builds stronger communities

All of us, at some point in life, choose our cliché.

I don't even have any good skills. You know like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills. Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!

Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?

Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted to do.

The stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions.

True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is what fantasy can do for us.