When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mouth and say what God's Word says, rather than grumbling and complaining about the problem.

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.

Amé, fuí amado, el sol acarició mi faz.¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz!I loved, I was loved, the sun stroked my face.Life, you owe me nothing! Life, we are at peace!

I haven't been wrong since 1961, when I thought I made a mistake.

It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice.

Why, I say, do so few understand and apprehend the internal power?... He who in himself sees all things, is all things.

The poet who walks by moonlight is conscious of a tide in his thought which is to be referred to lunar influence.

If we get used to life that is the crime.

There must be vistas flying out beyond, that promise more than present conditions yield.

In order to like someone you don't necessarily need to agree with them. It's part of our nature to want to connect.

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.

You have to live where you wake up, even if someone else dreamed you there.