It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring it to pass. That's His responsibility. My job is to simply believe that He will.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny.

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role.

I think no matter what age you are, you know when you love something in your heart.

I love pilates and yoga but don't do them regularly.

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.

Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.

You might be a redneck if you wish your outhouse was as nice as those at the state park.

All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.

Yielding to Jesus will break every form of slavery in any human life.

America should do a reverse Columbus. The world no longer needs to discover America; but America urgently needs to discover the world's view of America.