Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

I don't need easy, I just need possible.

People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning

Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.

Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us - our passions.

My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.

God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.

There is no other continent in the world where time is wasted like it is wasted in Africa.

Demons do exist

Abandon the idea that you will forever be the victim of the things that have happened to you. Choose to be a victor.

I refuse to use the computers if Google is on them.'Librarian: 'Okay.''--'Librarian: '--''--'Librarian: 'Enjoy your day!

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.

Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

Yes, there's genetics. Yes, there are chromosomes. Yes, there's biology. Yes, there are environment, sociology, parenting, economics, class, and all of that. But there is something else, as well.

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.

I think any good artist - and I'm not saying that I am one - takes notes and should first emulate their heroes and then try to move beyond them.

I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.