You can’t talk mediocrity and expect to have victory. You are prophesying your future. If you want a shift to occur, you’ve got to think positive.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring it to pass. That's His responsibility. My job is to simply believe that He will.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny.

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

It's interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves - not so much to learn about me.

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!

It was never my goal to be an actor.

Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.

One way to find your place is like the rain, a million requests for lodging, one that wins, finds your cheek: you find your home.