Never let anyone belittle your efforts to better yourself. Let them stand back or stand aside, but you move forward no matter who tries to stop you.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons. For thou art crunchy and go well with Ketchup.

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?

I love and respect the Armed Forces.

I feel like there's the 'Hillary standard' and then there's the standard for everybody else.

Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.

Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not from the head where doctrines and doubts clash.