My joy is not determined by what happens to me, but what Christ is doing in me and through me.

If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips

The minute I start being afraid of what people might say is the minute I become useless to God.

The voice you believe will determine the future you experience

Lots of times, our main problem isn't our problem. Our biggest problem is our perspective on our problem.

Love is not words, it's actions, and love isn't feelings, it's a decision.

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved.

When God demands more of you, it's because He sees more IN you

Don't be ashamed to celebrate victories that may seem small to others. Only you and God know what they really cost.

I dont believe God's called me to survive the world but to change it for His glory.

I marvel at how out of place simple, humble Jesus would be in today's American churches.

The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost.

Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this perhaps even to learn to do it better.

Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don't share.

it's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than thesquarerootofminusone. You and I are human beings; mostpeople are snobs.

A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique.

Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.

Honestly, I'm not an extravagant person, I don't spend a lot of money.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.