It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know.

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.

It's always too soon to quit! Believe in the goodness of God practically speaking.

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon... what it means to you.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

Poetry and slave trading cannot be bedfellows. That's where I stand.

The New York Times is and has always been a digital leader. The report only cited some areas where we fell down.

Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.

The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

Love is more than a word. It's a noun and a verb.

Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.