There is enough time in every day to do God's work...in God's way.

We must expect to fail...but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.”

A congregation that is not deeply and earnestly involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel does not understand the nature of salvation.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

Ultimately you are doing what you do for one of two reasons: to serve oneself or to serve God. There is enough time in every day to do God's work...in God's way.

Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises.

Intergrity is not only teh way one thinks but even moer the way one acts.

A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.

FOCUS = Follow On Course Until Successful.

You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?

My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.

I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!

Even when the faith goes away, there's that space where you crave something bigger than yourself. For me, that's kind of where art came in, after that.

Several sorts of memory exist in us; body and mind each possesses one peculiar to itself. Nostalgia, for instance, is a malady of the physical memory.

I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do.

Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?

I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.

I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.