God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

Real value isn’t in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family!

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.

Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.

Milkshakes make the world seem less shitty.

...I wondered about the story we were writing and wanted even more to write a better story for myself, something that leaves a beautiful feeling even as the credits roll.

Richard Wagner a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.

The way you begin each day defines how you'll live each day.