Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

I wanted to do this properly, but I look at you and I forget...

It is only the man that has done his best that qualifies to ask for God’s protection and blessings. This message must return to our pulpit.

Ego is the ultimate killer on a team

I think the guys are starting to rally around my leadership style and the way I do things. I've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life.

Listen into the silences where the best words begin.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine Furnace to draw out life, And there my Sweet Saviour listens to me night and day.

I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form.