Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance.

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.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.

America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

One has a prejudice wherever one fears a transformation.

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else's mouth is a reflection of their heart ... not yours.

Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.

Failure is inevitable; it happens all the time in a complex economy.