Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!"

I started my ministry when I was 19, I was pastoring at 22 and I got married when I was 24, so I was building at such a young age and that fight, that dream and tenacity is still in me.

God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

Forgive others so that you may be forgiven.

Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.