I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

I’m a Christian by choice.

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.

O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life – it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can’t walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood – both its power and those who bear it.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

You fail only if you stop writing.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

There’s a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It’s sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, ‚God is not mad at you.‘ Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, ‚That is exactly what I needed to hear today.‘ Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

I can do whatever I want.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‚Lord, remember me.‘

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing – continue to rock it – because obviously, God wants you here.

My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.

We’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you’re doing good in my book.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can be bolstered as we learn about Him and live our religion. The doctrine of Jesus Christ was designed by the Lord to help us increase our faith.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

If you want to become fully mature in the Lord, you must learn to love truth. Otherwise, you will always leave open a door of deception for the enemy to take what is meant to be yours.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

If you will do what God tells you to do, there’s no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

Truly, there is a Christian note which makes the whole World vibrate, like an immense gong, in the divine Christ. This note is unique and universal, and in it alone consists the Gospel.