Don't run from your pain — run into your pain.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

To reveal your greatness, don’t wait for a great opportunity. Find a simple opportunity to care and share your great love.

Grace is root of a good life.

Survival through denial. Works every time.

The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.

I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express." - Jane Eyre

Lucy,' he murmured, 'you have some splainin' to do.

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

A preacher should have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros. His problem is how to toughen his hide without hardening his heart.