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.

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.

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.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books.

The hopeless hope is what sustains us in difficult moments

This is why militarism is a feminist issue, why rape is an environmental issue, why environmental destruction is a peace issue.

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.

Artists are not your art monkeys. They are your collaborators. They should be given all due consideration to follow their journey.

Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.

People will judge you according to your own convictions.

I'm big on facial expressions, and I'm big on mannerisms, which I find to be hilarious.

I think acting is totally conducive to being a little kid, because kids are less inhibited and use their imagination.

Daydreaming subverts the world.