You know, it's one thing to say you believe. It's another thing to have your faith tested severely and come out on the other side of it still believing God.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

The problem with all of you is you think in isolation instead of realizing we are one community, when one of us falls, we all fall.

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.

It is a responsibility for those that see and have understanding, and choose to not be bridled by fear, to step forward and lead the way.

I never set out to be a photographer.

Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

Our parts matter because we matter.

As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.

There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.

I have no desire to make money off musicians. I just want to promote them because I want to share music.