I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring it to pass. That's His responsibility. My job is to simply believe that He will.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny.

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

Knowledge is power

Being busy is different from taking action.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

[Hawthorne''s] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while.

Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!

I would never let myself knock out a journalist.

Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it.

With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.

Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse.