inspiration

"The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen"

"It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need."

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

"When did wishing someone a Merry Christmas become politically incorrect?"

"For every dilemma, find at least three or four possible solutions. The creative process leads to better results."

"Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?"

"Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit."

"If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world."

"[Christ] will come again. But we must look to Scripture, not human thought, for our guide to preparing."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be."

"I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater."

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

"Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us."

"Courage is living by the free will that one creates for themselves, not the life of monotony determined by another."

"Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us."

"I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind of music stays with you."

"It may be escapist, but if I have a choice between watching the news or reading a book which gets me to see the world through different eyes, I will always choose the latter!"

"I can tell you I love you as many times as you can stand to hear it, but all it does is remind us that love is not enough. Not even close."

"Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself."