The journey has been a parody of my life recently: rushing, waiting, wandering, feeling lost and losing sleep, wondering if I'm getting anywhere.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.

Don't be fooled by strength you can see," he said at last. "Yahweh often hides His power in the simple things, the weak things, and so His strength seems foolish in man's eyes.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our lives to prepare us for His purposes-if we'll let Him.

So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

No terrain is too bleak, no distance too far that it will stop God from rescuing His own.

Depression, I've learned, is sometimes caused by anger that we keep locked up inside.

Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift.

The land promised to Abraham and his descendants is once again theirs. God always keeps His promises. Even in times of cataclysmic upheaval and change, God's love and faithfulness are unchanging.

You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives. It's you who makes me a person.

Morality is only for the middle class, sweet. The lower class can't afford it, and the upper classes have entirely too much leisure time to fill

Revenge may not be a particularly high consciousness-oriented activity.

I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

Everything works out how it should.

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.

HartBeat Productions is a company established by me; it's mine. I run it. I have employees.

But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.

The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.