While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.

There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy.

If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.

Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.

Maybe I wanted to have kids because you want to leave behind lessons, leave behind everything that matters to you. That's how you touch the world. But I have to reconsider what it's like to leave a legacy.