Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

God performs His promises.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

Guilt is tricky because we confuse it with caring. ... It's the next best thing to being there.

I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

Environmental pollution is a blight on people's quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts.

You can choose to be willing for a new understand of God and Life to now be brought forth, and understanding that could produce a new way of life on your planer.

I grew up very much an athlete and very much a swimmer and a dancer and a horse rider and surf lifesaving club, you name it I've probably done it. I just find so much gratification in being physical.

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.