The way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams.

Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!

A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!

They are bearcrawls ... a bearclaw is a donut

Fitness isn’t about building a better body. It’s about building a better life.

The past does not define, you the present does.

If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.

Fitness to me isn't about a crunch or a push up, it's about taking your power back.

It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.

Whenever you're making an important decision, first ask if it gets you closer to your goals or farther away.

Thanks be to God, who has been my very helper from the day I was born to this present moment.

People will always tear you down and give you countless reasons to give up, but if you have faith in yourself, you can accomplish anything.

Achievement comes from within. If you don’t feel it, it won’t make any difference what anyone else thinks.

The marvel of heaven and earth, of time and eternity, is the atoning death of Jesus Christ. This is the mystery that brings more glory to God than all creation.

I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.

Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace.

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.

I chose to wait to get my drivers license. Since I was working and I didn't have time, I got it like a week before my 18th birthday.

I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.