I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted."

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.

God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you are supposed to do. And everything will be alright.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.

Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag.

A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.

Fear is a sprit that really can stop you from living.

My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

You’re not mending anything, remember, Sand? The hedge.” He paused and shook his head at himself. “And Perrotte’s away for a few minutes, and you’re talking to yourself again.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

American high schools have physically imprisoned young people, stripped them of civil liberties and fed them a diet of p.c. pap.

Whether it's five people or 50,000 people, I always love to perform and feel very blessed that I'm able to do that.

There are many different ways of categorizing news. It doesn't have to be just war and famine and serious politics.

When family relations are no longer harmonious, we have filial children and devoted parents.

I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.

The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit.