My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.

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.

What’s the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you’re alive?

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

I'm proud to call myself a feminist and am proud to say I have two young boys who are self-proclaimed feminists as well.

My prayer is spasmodic, occasional, desperate. It has a great deal to do with my children's physical well-being - that when they're traveling in the air the plane not crash, things like that.

I'd mortgage any house for art.

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

I felt like my bubble gum card collection had come to life.

Although I'm a comedian, I'm also an amateur survivalist.

I can buy and sell any of these people who are always criticizing me.

When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.