Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.

To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.

If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.

Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing

Being consumed by what people think of you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks of you.

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is not according to what he has.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it.

Beer makes people deaf.

In my godless household, poems were the closest we came to sacred speech -- the only prayers said.

Never feel guilty. Don't hold yourself back by guilt or fear. No other species in the entire world deals with guilt. Guilt is a bizarre emotion that makes you feel bad about decisions that you make.

... now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there.

The future, higher evolution will belong to those who live in joy, who share joy, and who spread joy.