Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

When everyone failed to hear my screams, you are the only one who heard my silence.

Be a Strong Leader, Even If You Follow a Weak Leader

Prayer is not trying to twist God’s arm to make Him do something. Prayer is receiving by faith what He has already done!

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push as a perform the less funny it becomes.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

My life failed on the very day I was born.

If the spirit does not move me, I move the Spirit.