Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

God sees Himself in the eyes of the refined soul.

What is your specific mission in life?

I am not worried about dying, what I am worried about is not living

When you're too robotic and scripted, the students tune you out. So I always tried to use different learning modalities - kinesthetic, auditory, visual, whatever might bring learning to life.

The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world

Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.

Say what you mean. Say what you see. Make a photograph, if you can, for the reader.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.