Don’t spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath and start again

And the great difference between man and monkey is in the larynx.

Faith is to believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone.

Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.

I spend so much time like living in the past or the future. I mean, I think most people do, really. And the moments when you're really present in your life can be pretty rare, really.

I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.

I can't believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off!

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.