The greatest rewards come when you give of yourself. It's about bettering the lives of others, being part of something bigger than yourself, and making a positive difference.

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again

When you can't get a miracle, you can still be a miracle for someone else.

You don't know what God can do with your broken pieces until you give God your broken pieces.

If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.

Have you ever felt trapped in circumstances, then discovered that the only trap was your own lack of vision, lack of courage, or failure to see that you had better options?

I have the choice to be angry at God for what i don't have, or be thankful for what i do have

The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

Failure is not important, how you overcome it is.

If we all could be a true friend to someone, praying and encouraging one person somehow, that's a first step in being part of making the world a better place.

Hope can be the strongest if you believe it to be.

Listen to the advice of someone about to die. Do it while you are still young.

eyes running over me like the work of a hundred biting ants

Creativity is never too contrived.

You know, kids come to see me in the same way that their parents would go to see a rock concert.

The Constitution is a 200-year-old parchment, simply because we digitize the words should not suggest their meanings change.

I saw the dead without really seeing them.

Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you.

I'll play any man from any land any game he can name for any amount he can count…Provided I like it!

I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.