Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.

I think a lot of what is involved in finding a noticer is to watch people and see what fruit people have on the tree. You examine that life and see if it has the kind of fruit you want to produce in your life.

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive . . . by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don't lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That's why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.

People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier.

There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.