In the university of God, however brilliant you may be, you will not be given double promotion. You must take every course, because each course serves a purpose.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free.

A man of purpose focuses on his destination, not his situation. Don't let your situation mislead you!

Your hands may be full of money and your brain full of information but if your heart is empty, your life is very empty.

If you have not tasted poverty, you will not be able to manage blessing when it comes. If you have not tasted humiliation, you will not be able to manage honour when it comes.

As a Christian, when your trial is getting hotter, you are getting closer to your breakthrough! Keep pressing!

Every day, God has something to say to you. Even when He seems to be quiet, God is still saying something.

I have never seen where hatred overcomes love. When you love, you overcome. Love is the most powerful weapon.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

The purpose of life is to glorify God in both good and hard times alike.

Dare to fail. Dream to fly. Hope to win. Love to understand. Change to live.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect some aspect of myself that was now in constant retreat.

When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.

They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best.

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.

A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand the deal you're making, don't make it.

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

I have never been one of those who cares about happiness. Happiness is a strange notion. I am just not made for it. It has never been a goal of mine; I do not think in those terms.