I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

Running is always an exercise in humility.

Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a runner.

If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.

Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation.

When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.

It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.

Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want.

A run has never returned me exactly the same. I go, I grow.

you don't need to have the biggest title to do the best job.

Hard work and focus and will would shape my future. Nothing was meant to be.

Contemporary art photography, or, more specifically, what I would term mainstream art photography, represents for the most part the mining of an exhausted lode.

You can't kill rock and roll without a silver bullet because she's a werewolf.

If I knew I had 25 years left to live, I would spend 20 of them in preparation.

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

Your choice to believe and keep covenants will leave a rich legacy of faith for those who follow you.

To say what your disguise is would be foolish.

I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

Definitely before hanging out with a chick, I make sure everything is to my liking.