Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks.

We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.

To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.

Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.

Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing

Music took her somewhere, and I used to wonder where. I thought it was dumb, the way she lived for a collection of sounds, for someone else's words and notes.

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

Judgment is judgment, whether you're obese, or too skinny, or not athletic enough.

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

I want to keep on progressing. I definitely think acting is a long process to be one of the greats like Morgan Freeman or Jack Nicholson.

The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see.

If you want to be happy, then it is within your grasp. The book you are holding can have a profound impact on your thinking and your attitude and can help you to do more, be more, and achieve more!

God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.