I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can be

Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.

Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.

you'll never be lonely if you learn to be friend your self

Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope

Tell me why you're so hard to forget. Don't remind me, I'm not over it. Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth, I'm just a little too not over you.

Yes, I've worked hard; and yes, I may have achieved a certain level of success-but I'm very clear about the fact that none of it would be worth it without doing the things that keep me close to God.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.

Searching for a perfect love is not easy to find,but having the love of our God is more perfect than what you have found".

Appreciate me now and avoid the rush.

A woman’s place is in the struggle.

Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the talent that I had.

I just always think, 'Do I like it?' And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too.

I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write what you want to read.

I'm more encouraged by the saplings: new music groups, tiny new venues, entrepreneurial musician-composers who aren't waiting to be discovered but are instead building their own Establishment.

It is our right to stay here and we will stay and stand up for what belongs to us as American citizens, because they can't say that we haven't had patience.

Just because I am increasingly bored by sabermetric arcana doesn't mean anyone else has to be; it remains good for people who like that sort of thing.

None of us can choose where we shall love.

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.