The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in. And definitely get out of high school and make everyone sorry.

I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you're painting on a very big canvas.

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

We must seek to be firmly rooted and converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

Happiness, at my age, is breathing

Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever.

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune.

Forty-years-old these days is the beginning of people's lives. I've found myself, I'm confident, I'm mature, I've been through some stuff, I'm ready to write my book.