Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.
Trying to change old habits is like fighting a war in your head—a draining and exhausting skirmish that makes you wonder at your chance of survival.
Remember this—the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true.
A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.
It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility.
Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it.
It's not my job to make you happy. It's job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it.
You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms.
Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again.
Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.
The moment a person feels he has nothing left to learn is the moment life prepares to hit him hard enough to correct such ignorance.
To wish for the happiest days is to wish for a season of sorrow; for it is only after prolonged, wintry darkness that the summer sun appears to shine at its brightest.
One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.
What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story.
It's a sweet thing to sit quietly in the early-morning darkness and talk to God for a while. It's amazing what you gain from the conversation.
No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach.
Yes, happiness is dependent upon misery. For we all feel a swell of happiness after our circumstances improve from a misery recently suffered.
What is more powerful than the love of a mother? Perhaps only God's hand in answering her earnest pleadings on your behalf.
Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people.
Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers.
This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so much more to embrace.
