Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon.

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

Real value isn’t in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family!

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Make every day count, because you're never promised a next day.

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

I love the show tunes; I love all of them.

One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

My father was a writer and an acting teacher.

Of every moment I've ever not-lived through, this one is the best

Ah, yes, my social life — a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush.

We come to beginnings only at the end.