Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.

In life you have three options with any situation that is a challenge. Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it.

Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.

If you don't have a plan, days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, months turn into years, and before you know it you're looking back saying, I should've had a plan.

People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

As long as a self is driven by an id to a Thou, it is not a matter of love, either. In love the self is not driven by the id, but rather the self chooses the Thou.

I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.

What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?

I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.

I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues.

Science has taught us that what we see and touch is not what is really there.

To be connected to the real world is healthy and important.

I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.

You thought you were found but you realize that you were lost, and someday you may discover that you're lost now.