I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

Some find it in their lovers eyes, who can deny the joy it brings. When you've found that special thing, you're flying without wings.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

This is [her] soul group.’What do you mean?’It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely.

If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see, you can find out first hand what it's like to be me.

If you have a big heart, you will live a large life.

It is a truism but it is still true that the longer one knows people the less relevant it becomes whether or not one liked them initially.

Your body's dying...pay no attention

Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.

I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

If we can reform the man and make him a better man and a God-fearing man, then we have a chance, we believe, to build a better world.

I've often written about places that are totally different from anything I know. Sometimes they turn out better.

Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.