We must remember we are stewards of what God has provided for us, not owners.

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.

Preparing and serving food had always been a joy, for it made her appreciate the abundance of the world.

If I ever figured out how to go back in time, I'd tell my nine-year-old self to run the other way when a gnome showed up in her room promising a life of magic and adventure.

Some people won't love you, no matter what you do. Some people won't STOP loving you, no matter what you do. Go where the lov

Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair?

It works for me, the way I play drums and the things I do but I also would like to know proper technique. Mainly for health - to last longer, be able to play longer.

People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible.

Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.