How many of us give up along the way because we'll never be the expert that so-and-so is?

You cannot become a master until you actually take the leap, do the work, make several thousand mistakes, and live to tell about it.

There really is no such thing as failure. There is only the rearrangement of plans and surrender of ego.

When a performer goes out on a stage, they may feel the audience is judging every aspect of them and their life. In fact, all that poor audience is doing is waiting to be entertained a little.

Experience is truly the only thing that makes experts so expert.

Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game.

There is probably no greater anxiety in life than going home to visit your mother for Christmas.

I picked up my camera and held it at arm's length and took a picture of myself not caring. I called it: Glory Doesn't Care.

L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

I would love for people to know that the label feminist is something that everyone should wear proudly, because it just means that you support women.

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

I get one hour, really 25 minutes in a sermon on a weekend, to combat all the hours of the week that people are told you are what you have through billboards, commercials, and sitcoms, and so forth.

We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference.

The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.