Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person?

Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through.

You know my name, not my story. You've heard what I've done, but not what I've been through.

I might live a life of struggle but I will not live a life of defeat!

In life I will fall, I will backslide, but mark my word I will never give up.

The kind of individual that you see on the outside, is never the same person on the inside.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you were.

Opportunities are born by learning!

Trust and believe, and you will achieve.

We're all made the same but then born to change. Which then don't make us the same.

Neglected but Undefeated I stand today living the life I was told I would never live all because my faith grew.

No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50.

...And if reading could banish the idea for even half an hour, it was something gained.

Any advice which does not lead to self-improvement is misleading.

in the midst of war and crisis nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight

The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child's reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.

But you can only lie about who you are for so long without going crazy.

If this were a fantasy world, there would be ten of me and we would each be doing what we wanted to do.

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret and natural dreams. But body after body has taken away from me that sensual phosphorescence which my youth delighted in.

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.