You are not your emotions and they are not who you are, only how you feel at the moment.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart.

Fall in love with a weird one - someone not quite right in the head - life is far more interesting when love is odd

A tightness in my chest came out of nowhere. As I listened to Amanda reassure my brother, I wanted to pull her into my arms and cry. How damn crazy was that? This girl was making me a nutcase.

I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.

That's the kind he usually knocks in in his sleep - with his eyes closed.

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

And the voice grows stronger and stronger, and it’s my voice this time and it’s asking a question: How does she know?

I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say 'Wow she looks healthy.'

How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.

We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless...