Don't be a damned ammunition wagon. Be a rifle!

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

Jesus, I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

I really don't follow a strict diet I just watch my fat intake and stay away from fried foods.

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.

Synergy is the VCR of media right now - discredited, outdated and left behind.

Faith does not contradict reason. Faith exceeds reason.

God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I'll be given the power and guidance to change.

I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.