You will never understand pleasure without pain.

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

Real value isn’t in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family!

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.

The sword has no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage

Whether something is wonderful or horrible, the most harmful thought we can think is “Will this last forever?

His youth was a wingless Dodo.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.

Your ability to make things happen is what makes you different

Our mission is skill development. There can be no development with a satiated system.

The better your attitude and the harder you work, the luckier you get.

Have the moral courage to stand firm in obeying God’s will, even if you have to stand alone.

The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.