Fear and failure, they go hand in hand. They’re like dance partners with great rhythm.

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more.

Because you deserve dignity, beyond anything else in this world. You deserve a God, and a faith, and a belief that finds you dignified at the core.

They were the kind of words you read back and every lettered limb surprises you because you never knew you really felt those things the whole time.

Maybe we’re all a how are you away from not feeling so alone in all of this today.

I believe now that we’re the enemy to the things we really want for our lives. We get really good at telling ourselves ugly lies on repeat every day. You’re unworthy. You’re ugly. You’re inadequate.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don't think He is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don’t think he is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

I had to take the first step for myself.

That’s why I wanted to be a writer - because someone I loved told me I could be one.

She didn't know if it was God. She wasn't really sure what to call it. She just knew she believe in unconditional love. And that was really all that mattered.

There are many good seeds in you. Therefore you must avoid every bad soil in the world.

If we spend enough time dreaming, then the dream might eventually become real.

Anything and everything is possible.

Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave.

I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.

Change the conversation of the world by dwelling on what's gone right.

If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all.

Speeches and me don't get along sometimes. It is kind of like putting a tie too tight on my neck. I'm going to do whatever feels right.

Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs.

The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them.