Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring it to pass. That's His responsibility. My job is to simply believe that He will.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny.

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night.

There has to be a reason and objective (to air strikes). What does it do to move the effort down the road for a political conversation?

A strong brand is the only thing that can tip the balance of power between distributors and a manufacturer back into the manufacturer's favor.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.

God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.

I don't feel rivalry. I'm the least competitive person you'll meet ever, to a fault.

Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look - all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that's what excites me.

Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.