It’s better to please God and have a few people upset with you than to please people and have God upset with you.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

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.

Often, out of our greatest rejection comes our greatest direction.

Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.

Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The very thing you are fighting against so tenaciously may be the springboard that catapults you to a new level of excellence. Your challenges may become your greatest assets.

Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high knowing that the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you.