When focus increases, options decrease.

We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.

To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.

Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.

Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing

I have no problem with god - it's his fan club that scares me.

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.

I love going to all kinds of movies, I screen DVDs in my house, but I go to the theatre a lot in the afternoon. I don't get bugged because there aren't many people around.

All art is propaganda; on the other hand, not all propaganda is art.

I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.

There was the Missile Crisis, but one can't attribute to the [J.F.] Kennedy years anything like the problems that [Franklin] Roosevelt stood over and surmounted.

My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I've either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.

Ambition is not a four-letter word and women have to embrace that.