If you close your eyes to see the view, you miss everything surrounding you

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".

Laughter is the hand of God on the shoulder of a troubled world.

Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree.

The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work.

I don't want ever to be a president who is comfortable and at ease with killing people.

Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half and do folk songs and great contemporary ballads, and not many people can pull that off.

Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.

There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.

First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.

The healing begins when we can start to feel more gratitude that our child came into our life than despair and outrage that our child died. The gratitude is what heals the despair.

Will my enimies flee when they see me? Belive me, even thugz gotta learn to take it easy!