Too often we try to use God to change our circumstance, when God is trying to use our circumstance to change us.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.

Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings

Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning do to do afterward.

Never give up on your existence.

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction.

From forty to fifty a man is at heart either a stoic or a satyr.

Death is the monster we all fear, yet with each day, we walk toward it, and can't help doing so; we can't help but walk toward the one thing we're most trying to avoid.

I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!

The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.

I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.

In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.