I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth.Don't let it be you

The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect.

The greatest tribute one can give to a writer is that it is simply enough to read him.

The map showed human places I'd never heard of - places that had once been great civilizations, until humans forgot the world wasn't theirs to claim.

Leadership has a price.

War and marketing have many similarities.

Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.

It just sucks when you’ve given so much and you realize it still wasn't good enough for someone.

I have a weakness for buttons. I'm always collecting ornate and nicely decorated ones.

I love fire. Fire is hypnotic.