...a disciplined pursuit of less will keep us focused and make the greatest impact.

Without pain, how would we know what true joy feels like?

Don't leave the classroom of pain without gathering wisdom from its instruction.

How one responds in these dire circumstances says a lot about one's faith and the strength of one's beliefs.

Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.

We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not.

We usually don't realize the thing that is defining our identity until that thing is taken away.

Humility is a peace that accepts one's strengths and limitations.

...life is a continual process of learning, working hard, rising up, and then being humbled. Sliding over, then sliding over again. And again.

A humble person is comfortable in their own skin.

All work is service. If you aren't serving in your work, you really aren't working.

The first rule of self control is never to put yourself in a position where you have to practice self control

Accessibility to information never been so advanced and easy in entire human history as it is now and we have no excuse for ignorance.

Greatness, whether athletic or otherwise, doesn’t come from those content on just being but from those who seek being the difference.

I do not believe that I am a perfectionist one bit. I truly believe that perfection is something that no one can achieve.

We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.

In writing I found a way to make silence and to be silent. The short story has a lot more silence than the novel and that is its success.

The more people who believe something, the more apt it is to be wrong. The person who's right often has to stand alone.

I paint and I sculpt and I enjoy doing things that aren't for the public. There's no pressure to it, it's just something that's a cleansing of the mind.

Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.