So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

You can only conceive of what lies beyond the state of mind you are in from the point of view of the state of mind you are in.

Why should the peculiarities of human consciousness be the narrow standard by which other creatures are judged?

Sensitive people never like the fatigue of justifying their instincts.

The preparation for the ritual is the ritual.

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

When I was a child, our whole family cooked. All my cousins cooked. All my aunts and uncles cooked. It was part of our heritage.

If you don't like the hand that fate's dealt you, fight for a new one.

Here's the thing with lyrics: Words are just another musical instrument.

Success lasts only three seconds. After that you're the same as you were before you had it.