We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

He understood how dangerous oaths could be. But Leo didn't care. "I'm coming back for you, Calypso, " he said to the night wind. "I swear it on the River Styx.

The thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.

It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.

Steak is delicious and cows are stupid.

I thank God that I have been meeting so many people who want to help me.

I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American.

There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry.

Care is no cure, but rather corrosive, For things that are not to be remedied.