The beauty of adversity is that when we hit bottom, the only way to go is up.

Similar to a butterfly, I've gone through a metamorphosis, been released from my dark cocoon, embraced my wings, and soared!

Our faith is built in the dark, in the valleys, and during the back-breaking battles in life.

When we are stuck in a rut we are being invited to grow and expand.

Sometimes we have to reach rock bottom before we're willing to rise up and overcome our trials.

It is only by ignoring fact, science, and reason that one can support current Republican positions.

literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.

People should not feel intimidated by received wisdom. You have to discover it yourself. If I tell you that Armstrong is great, it's meaningless; you have to hear it.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

Toronto is hard to capture in a few strokes.

You never lose until you actually give up.