You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

The world was full of monsters, and they were all allowed to bite the innocent and the unwary

I'm so scared of dying without ever being really seen.

Many times in life, those who do the most correcting, need the most correcting.

My mom lived with me until I started making enough money to support myself. I was asking her to leave the entire time. I'd been ready to move out since I was, like, 14.

Michael seems to have lost his values temporarily. He just has to be worked with, disciplined and talked to and given some tender loving care and understanding.

Now before we get into anything, ladies, no scratching, no spitting and no tattling to mummy.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar?

I'm a geek to the bone.

My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.