We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.

I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both.

If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering.

Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.

Prayer or worship does not therefore grant a free pass to selfishness ...

We live with the key purpose of receiving the approval of those around us because we don’t know who we are in reality

When a falsehood is coveted long enough, it becomes the truth that sustains its own existence.

Reflections...passages in time..sometimes, the only things that make sense..the only peace I find..is found somewhere, unwritten..in between the lines.

Human beings, in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free agents but are as causally bound as the stars in their motion.

The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.

I can do movies maybe that have already been written, but I can't do anything for months at a time.

I'm a huge fan of burgers, and they're not my wife's favorite, so we don't cook them at home.

I'm convinced that a person in my position must provide a positive example to people.