I had lots of hurt and lots of pain, lots of woundedness, bruises, broken heartedness in my life. I was abused sexually by my father, abused mentally, emotionally. My mom didn't know what to do about it, and she was being hurt in the process. So she just didn't deal with it. And I can guarantee you, just because you don't deal with something, that doesn't make it go away.

Anything that God wants you to have, there's no devil in hell and no person on earth that can keep you from having it if you just won't quit and give up.

Learn how to enjoy where you are on the way to where you're going.

Refuse to let your love grow cold. Stir up love in your life - towards your spouse and towards your family, friends, neighbours, co-workers. Reach out to others who are hurting and in need. Pray for people and bless them. Grow to the point that one of your first thoughts each morning in your heart is about how you can bless someone else that day.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do

God gives us hopes and dreams for certain things to happen in our lives, but He doesn't always allow us to see the exact timing of His plan.