There is something about loss and pain that opens the doors of wisdom in your heart, doors that would have remained locked for a whole lifetime.

I have loved and lost many a time, but along the way I have found myself.

The first step is the best step in a journey towards a destination.

You do not become a leader because people follow you. Rather, people tend to follow you because you have leadership qualities. The journey of leadership often starts alone.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.

We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

When you get older, you have a much better sense of when it's time to really recognize that you're fortunate and that you should appreciate your circumstances.

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

No one ever stopped when they were winning.

Everything is in our cellular level. My mom's is definitely in my cellular memory.

Life comes after you have been filled with the Holy Spirit. Get down and pray for power.