Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.

Even in hardship, God’s goodness prevails.

Motivation gets you going Inspiration keeps you going.

Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat.

Use fear as a counselor not a captor.

Life always squashes death. Love always soothes sadness.

Joy is a gift given not an emotion earned.

Don't let the guilt of the past keep you from the victories of the future.

Sometimes, God drives us to Prayer and Scripture not for answers to the struggles, but for anchors in the storms.

Jesus doesn’t lead you out of your day, He leads you into it.

Hope is the pin-pricked light that tears through the fabric of our dark world.

I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies.

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.

I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

Chopped down the tree of peace, but it will grow again.

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female.

And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.

You're the Picasso of pain.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.