A life spent in fear is not much of a life at all.

You don’t have to be happy to smile.

If we live our lives looking for the excitement and exhilaration that change can bring, we will be much happier than when we are eventually forced to accept it anyways.

I can’t think of anything more disheartening than living a life without a clear purpose.

An individual who has in his mind that he can accomplish a certain task is far more likely to succeed than the individual that has it in his mind that he will fail.

Our minds are incredibly powerful things.

Ever since I could read, I’ve wanted to write a book. I never thought I had anything to write about. Maybe you don’t think this is worth writing about. But this book isn’t for you. It’s for me.

If we will imagine the thing we want and do our part to “be in the right place at the right time, ” there isn’t anything we can’t do, be, or attain.

Too often, we put up with mediocrity, telling ourselves that later in life we’ll do what we want.

Life has too many disappointments to make room for negativity.

I believe that the best advocates of a certain issue are the ones that fully understand both sides

It takes wisdom, power and influence to be able to make a positive impact on what goes on in society and in the nation as a whole.

Abuse really is its own alphabet. Those who have not gone through it cannot understand it fully. The echos of violence hang in subconscious long after the threat is gone.

We read to learn.

You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!

The criminal conduct of Hillary Clinton threatens the foundations of democracy.

there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.

I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.

Older people exude bundles of sexuality. Older men and women tend not run around like cats and dogs in heat.

I've read that it's the smell some carnivores use to find their prey. Imagine the trembling victim trying to hide, but knowing that the smell of its own fear will kill it.

From plots and treasons Heaven preserve my years, But save me most from my petitioners. Unsatiate as the barren womb or grave; God cannot grant so much as they can crave.