Don't spend so much time chasing your future that you run over your present.

Words, and faith, will only take you as far as your actions allow.

Stop giving the best part of you to those unworthy of that gift.

Don't let life's challenges discourage you. Some things are just out of your control. Make it work for you! The most painful lessons of the past can teach you how to survive in the present .

Never let fear of short term heartache interfere with your long term happiness.

You can't be much good to others, if you're no good to yourself.

If you truly love who you are other's opinions won’t even matter.

If you have the desire, passion and enthusiasm to do something, nothing in the world will stop you.

Once I had been introduced to depression, I realized if I wanted to help my friend and preserve our friendship, I needed to understand what the illness was all about.

Don’t hate on someone whose hard work placed them on the road to success, while your envy and ill-intent put you on a path toward failure.

From the moment I could even understand what “respect” was I knew it was not a choice but the ONLY option.

I am a great warrior.

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

Dave hung up. And unplugged the phone. With a fierce and bitter pain he stared at it, watching how, over and over again, it didn't ring.

My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance.

It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.

Taking delight in random encounters that come our way is a wonderful reminder that God is in control.

Suffering comes from desire, not from pain.

Strange indeed is the attraction of the forest for the minds of men.

I don't think you should talk while the movie was going on and say, 'Oh, look at that - look how smart I was' or 'What a brilliant shot that is!' I don't believe in that.