[Songwriting is] something that I own - it's my property, it's my music, it's my voice.

Dreams are reality waiting to happen

Life happens. Adapt. Embrace change, and make the most of everything that comes your way.

Don't let the world around you defeat the belief within you.

Stop hoping, start believing.

I know that each and everyone of you have felt, at one point, like you couldn't go on. But then you found hope. There's always a way to find hope. Remember that.

Live like you're at the bottom, even if you're at the top

There's always some way to find hope. Remember that.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ you have everything.

I thought the popular kids were the cool kids. I got caught up in that, and it was bogus. School is about finding who you are because thats more important than not being yourself.

I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key.

[Concerning Lyotard's ideology:]... Theory ought to be recognized as part of the problem, not as a potential solution.

He looked at her, and she couldn't contradict him. Nor could she offer any false reassurance. Silence, at least, was honest.

To practice Extreme Self-Care, you must learn to love yourself unconditionally, accept your imperfections, and embrace your vulnerabilities.

Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness.

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

The president has to have the trust, earn the trust, maintain the trust of people in order to lead. And there's nothing that will lose it quicker than a sense that he's in it for a quick buck.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

If you listen to [Donald] Trump, he's going to make sure we get our jobs back from Mexico, and jobs back from China. Now, he's mentioned Vietnam, we're going to get the jobs back from Vietnam.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

I'm pro-trade, but I'm pro-sensible trade, not pro-trade that is to the disadvantage of the American worker.