Success is not success without a successor.

May the passion to be all that God wants you to be sweep across your soul like a gentle breeze.

There are some fires you can't get out of- you've got to go through the fire - you've got to go through the flood - you've got to go through the test - you've got to go through the struggle that you might decrease and he might increase.

You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world.

The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do

If you can learn to love the imperfect people in your family then it's possible that someone can learn to love a imperfect you.

When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.