God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit.

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.

I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in. That's really what my aim is, for people to see I truly treasure and value Jesus and His Word.

Anytime you're dealing with moral issues, in a government position, you're dealing with some sticky stuff because everybody's morality is different. So you may be a Christian and say "my morality is based on the Bible." But if it doesn't line up with the way they think it should line up, now you got a problem with them. And then you can say, "I'm more in line with the Bible," but you don't care about the Bible, so they are like 'why are you imposing these difficult rules on me? I don't even believe in that.' So you just have an interesting and sticky situation.

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones.

Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs. People pushing your buttons and getting jerked around.

You plus nothing equals everything.