You have to be willing to put yourself in position for good things to happen

It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.

Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us-but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning.

You have to CHANGE the way you THINK in order to CHANGE the way you FEEL

Optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use.

Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

I want people to know there are infinite possibilities in life to be grateful for. I love that people feel comfortable coming up to me and telling me stories about things they have gone through.

When fear knocks, to let faith answer the door.

Venture outside your comfort zone. To stop growing is to stop living.

It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come!

Find the meaning behind whatever it is you're going through because everybody's got something.

Self-confidence is divine force.

The willing spirit can do good deeds by grace.

There are two kinds of people in this world: people who want to be desired, and people who want to be desired so much that they pretend they don't.

I am still cautiously hopeful about the potential of the Internet. But it seems that the greatest revolution in communication has been hijacked by commercial values.

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.

What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?

Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets.

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.

I think it would be wrong to consider 'Ashes and Fire' a love album. The record is obsessed with time. I believe that there is a kinder view of the self on this record.