Both wisdom, and generosity derive from God. And when one submits themselves completely to Him, one soon becomes like Him: wise and generous.

Morning dew upon the grass, glistening in the sun.Yesterday’s gone, tomorrow may come, but this day has begun.

When a man is at his weakest is where he will find the greatest opportunity to become his strongest.

Jesus is love.He is our hope.So love Jesus and be hopeful.

Only Jesus can take care of the past. But we can help Him with the present.

Take a step in the right direction and you will find your smile again. It will be there beaming by the light of God’s amazing grace.

You have got to build a firm foundation on the living word of God. You have got to study it, to store it in your heart, to gain the wisdom that it gives and apply it to your life.

Fill your heart with truth so that the wisdom of Christ will flow fluently from you like a living river moving into the seeking hearts of the thirsty.

Study God’s word to show thyself approved and be prepared for the tests that we are given. They make our faith stronger and our character more mature, so that our lives better glorify the Lord.

When you have got the greatest mountain of hardship that you’ve ever faced to deal with, you also have the greatest opportunity to act on a stronger faith than you’ve ever acted on before.

Great men must go through great painThe strongest stormsThe hardest rainThe toughest climbsThe roughest terrainGreat men must go through great pain

The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

I want what you want. Whenever you want it.

We need to explore the relationship between means and ends. Purposes grow out of situations. One may find the pursuit first and then this brings the purpose.

Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions.

A part of all art is to make silence speak. The things left out in painting, the note withheld in music, the void in architecture - all are as necessary and as active as the utterance itself.

Of course, every time someone does a story on plastic surgery, my name will be dragged up. I've made it safe for other people to have plastic surgery. It's no longer a bad word.

I adapt to things quickly, including good things, which I wish I could shut off sometimes.

I wrote these songs for a dying planet, I'm sorry, but I'm telling the truth.

I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption.