A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.

Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.

The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.