I think of myself as more of a lover rather than a fighter, but sometimes you have to fight for what you love.

The biggest thing that I've learned is to run the marathon, not the sprint. By that I mean, don't let the little problems that you face in the hour in daily life cast a shadow over the larger joys that you have, over the course of the years.

It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.

Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.

Life tears at us and scars us as children so we adopt facades and masks to hide this part of us, to keep this sacred part of ourselves from the pain.

Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to live – a new way to be human.

I have horrible acting ability. I can only be one thing and that's it. So for better, for worse, that's all I've got to offer is me. I've got nothing else.