If I had my ministry over again, I would devote far more time to the ministry of comfort and encouragement.

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.

It is so easy to be average. It takes a little something to be special. Why be around average?

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.

If you can raise the level of effort and performance in those around you, you are officially a leader.

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.

I want to know if we are the same, in the moments when we’re stripped bare.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

Can you imagine saying ‘Hi’ to Sam Jackson and he goes and gives you a hug? It’s like being hugged by a lion.

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

Usually I'm too tired to apologize.

The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

I guess you need days off, but I just didn't want them.

I looked like a monkey trying to wrestle a football.

Everybody's vaguely miserable sometimes...and most people are vaguely miserable most of the time. The trick is to scrap your way from the most-of-the-time to the some-of-the-time category.