God will give you anything as long as you understand that he is the primary and not the secondary.

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself. Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

Real value isn’t in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family!

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.

There are many who wish to be masters over others. Rare indeed is the man who wishes to be master of himself

It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

A happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.

If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world.

Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.'

And if it feels good... Feel it!