I feel like what's come out of me is the gift God has given me just to encourage people, to help them know that there's a better life.

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.

Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

This is what we do. We make tea and read books and watch people die.

We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.

The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.

You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. Now you have the nerve to criticize the 'architect' America just hired - President Obama - to rebuild from the ashes.

Ministers must read. We are required to read not as a luxury but as a necessity.

Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.

Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat.