Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

Trust. And be trusted.

My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.

Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head.

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

People are always misquoting me.

Football is the last sacred ritual of our time.

You must desire the fire, and claim your flame!

"Striking looking." That's a euphemism if I ever heard one.

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.

To some people a tree is something so incredibly beautiful that it brings tears to the eyes. To others it is just a green thing that stands in the way.