Art is not a gift which a few people are given, but rather it is a gift which most people throw away.

Passion is born when you catch a glimpse of your true potential.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

We are born makers. We move what we're learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.

You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

Those who feel lovable, who love, and who experience belonging simply believe they are worthy of love and belonging. I often say that Wholeheartedness is like the North Star: We never really arrive, but we certainly know if we're headed in the right direction.

Wrong thinking about God and people often begins with a debased image of ourselves.

Biblically, tenderness is what follows when someone reveals to you your own inner beauty, when you discover your belovedness, when you experience that you are deeply and sincerely liked by someone.

Being the beloved is our identity, the core of our existence. It is not merely a lofty thought, an inspiring idea, or one name among many. It is the name by which God knows us and the way He relates to us.

All that we have and are is one of the unique and never-to-be-repeated ways God has chosen to express himself in space and time.

We can only sense ourselves and our world valued and cherished by God when we feel valued and cherished by others '.

As Blaise Pascal wrote, "God made man in his own image and man returned the compliment." Thus, if we feel hateful toward ourselves, we assume that God feels hateful toward us.