When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.

This is when I became myself. The girl before this time is a shadow, like a soul who is practicing how not to become. She is the background, the hole in the fabric from which the real shape is cut.

Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.

Writing is not a hobby. Collecting stamps or coins is a hobby. Writing is a calling.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

I'm enjoying turning down all requests for interviews. I don't miss being in politics.

To ask for a map is to say, "Tell me a story."