You cannot do more than you can, so be gentle with yourself and quick to forgive your mistakes and to move on.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me.- Oliver Hazzard-Perry

You can make anything by writing

America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full.

If I were a bad black comic I would name my special, Yo mama, and other stories of a lack of self awareness.

In the love of a brave and faithful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness; he gives out again those beams of protecting fondness which were shed on him as he lay on his mother's knee.

We have trials to face because our Heavenly Father loves us. His purpose is to help us qualify for the blessing of living with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ, forever in glory and in families.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

I love great music and if it doesn't move me I don't listen to it.

I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it.

What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.