When you encourage others, you, in the process, are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

All suffering is not demonic or possess demonic influences. Oftentimes, Christ is simply allowing us to be strengthen for the next level of destiny.

To the being of fully alive the future is not ominous but a promise it surrounds the present like a halo.

God's concern is for His name, His glory, His people, His unfolding eternal purpose and for His Kingdom.

But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.

Often people think opportunity is a matter of luck. I believe opportunities are all around us. Some seize it. Others stand and let it pass by.

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

When I am writing, I'm very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading.

[My father] was very impressed when he saw "Death of a Salesman," I must say. He recognized himself to some extent.

I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.

Music was my first love and companion.