The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, “Amen.

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.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

Well, evil to some is always good to others.

You broke her heart in person—you fix it in person!

We live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our certain feet.

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.

Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.

If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.

To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium.

Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path

With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.