You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.

No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Because sometimes it’s being in a crowd that makes you feel lonelier than when you’re alone.

I walked out. I left. Andy Jankowski had taught me how.

The cops will break down your door to save you. God will break down your constitution. Brokenness is not the opposite of wholeness. It's how He gets in.

The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him.

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

My favorite dish is cleaning out the fridge on Sunday night and improvising a great medley.

The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me.

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.

Great is the strife between beauty and modesty.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.