A Dark Night is a mental and emotional state of despair that arises when something is so painful that it blots out all other considerations and makes carrying on as usual out of the question.

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.

Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it.

You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.

. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn ourselves inside out, and then let go.

By faith you can work miracles and perform heroic deeds

Sin has invaded God's creation, and we live now in a fallen world.

Your reputation is what others think of you

When I function in only one mode or the other, I am denying half myself, half my potential.

Welcome death quoth the rat when the trap fell.

The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.

People try to start things with me because of who I am, and I know that means I have to stay away. Its definitely racial.

The simple truth is that you can understand the way you are. You can know and love and hate it. You can blame it, resent it, and nothing changes. In the end, you're just a part of it.

People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.

If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.