My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.

My daddy tried to get me up to speak for the 17 years that I worked behind the scenes, but I never had the desire. Naturally, I was nervous and kind of shy. I just didn't want to do it.

Some of you had big dreams, but you had some disappointments & now you think it’s over. But God is saying, Begin again.

God is preparing you for greater things. He's going to take you further than you thought possible, so don't be surprised when He asks you to think better of yourself and to act accordingly.

God planted a dream in your heart for a reason. No one else can dream it for you. No one else will accomplish it for you.

I just wanted to get the message that God had put into my heart into another form, because I knew the print media would reach a different group of people.