I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me.

To conquer fear is the best way to gain your self-confidence.

Fear is stupid, so are regrets.

I had so much fear of blood, and the first thing I did was to cut myself to see what happens. That's the only way to rebuild yourself.

What if you quit making excuses, quit playing it safe, and quit hedging your bets?

Maybe we need to quit playing defense and start playing offense. Maybe we need to quit letting our circumstances get between us and God and let God get between us and our circumstances. Maybe we need to stop talking to God about our problem and start talking to our problem about God.

Courage doesn't wait until situational factors turn in one's favor. It doesn't wait until a plan is perfectly formed. It doesn't wait until the tide of popular opinion is turned. Courage only waits for one thing: a green light from God. And when God gives the go, it's full steam ahead, no questions asked.

Irrational fears only submit to prayer.

Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling. But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure.

Everybody wants a miracle; we just don't want to be in a situation where we need one. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes what we perceive as our problem is really God setting us up to do something miraculous in our lives. It's about training ourselves to see those problems as opportunities so God can intervene.