A moment’s encounter can decide the direction of one’s entire life

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

Vision without an Action is Illusion. Action without a Vision is Confusion.

You may have made some mistakes, but just like a parent helps their child when they are learning to walk, God will help you get right back up anytime you fall.

I've been on the road since 1983. Nothing ever changed, even when I was doing TV and movies.

I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero!

Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.

If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.

I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.

Even though you've given up a past it hasn't given you up. It comes uninvited - and sometimes half welcome.