Difficulties come into our lives to develop us. Every storm is a school. Every trial is a teacher. Every experience is an education.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.

Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings

Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

One can be kind, one can be helpful, but it takes a heart and an effort to understand.

If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.

The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.

In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.

My theory: if the malls don't open until ten what's the point of being up earlier than that?

Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.

My mother and I, our favorite part of any baked pasta is the top, where the cheese gets crusty.

Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love.

People compared Garden State to the Graduate, but when was the last time you saw Dustin Hoffman doing what I do?