When you get something that you don't work for, you won't know how to value or maintain it.

The truth is you and I are in control of only two things - how we prepare for what might happen and how we respond to what just happened. The moment when things actually do happen belongs to God.

Don't downgrade your dream to match your reality. Upgrade your faith to match your destiny.

Anything you pray for, you need to prepare for.

Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that's getting ready to happen in your life.

To get where you want to go, you first have to become who God wants you to be.

Anything you don't water, anything you don't take care of in your life, is going to die.

Cast PURPOSE as the lead in your movie and you will help God, your Director, produce a masterwork.

The path to success requires you to commit.

Commit to a career built on sacrifice, not compromise.

If your faith won't fit in the door that opens, then I argue do not walk through that door.

Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings -- spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength, ' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil.

People who read are not too lazy to turn on the television; they prefer books.

There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value.

I'm so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family.

All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, and I am hers.

The riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.