You can have control. You can have growth. But, you can't have both.

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

Chasing after a guy who’s not interested in you will rip the hell out of your self-respect. Better to face facts now because the longer you put it off, the harder it’ll be.

The word courage comes from the French word 'coeur', which means heart. True power proceeds not from force, but from love.

When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California.

I always know that I am where I am supposed to be. I don't feel torn and I think that is really important.

The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with.

Fascists divide in two categories: the fascists and the anti-fascists

Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.

If we have a common currency, the main regulator for policy in the country is the fiscal policy.

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

We collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector.