It is silly not to hope, he thought.

He was fairly happy, except that, like many people living in Europe, he would rather have been in America, and he had discovered writing.

I don't want to fool with it but what choice have I got? They don't give you any choice now. I can let it go; but what will the next thing be? I didn't ask for any of this and if you've got to do it you've got to do it.

Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum when it's you that you are following. - Andrew Lloyd Webber

God has a plan for His Church upon earth. But alas! we too often make our plan, and we think that we know what ought to be done. We ask God first to bless our feeble efforts, instead of absolutely refusing to go unless God go before us.

Those who are critical of my goals and dreams simply do not understand the higher purpose to which I have been called.

What would you think if I told you that, yes, your bad choices and decisions have had a part in your ending up under this pier, but beyond that, under this pier is exactly where you should be in order for a future to occur that you can't even imagine at this point?

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

It's time to stop letting your history control your destiny.

If you are breathing, you are still alive. If you are alive, then you are still here, physically, on this planet. If you are still here, then you have not completed what you were put on earth to do. If you have not completed what you were put on earth to do … that means your very purpose has not yet been fulfilled. If your purpose has not yet been fulfilled, then the most important part of your life has not yet been lived.

A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.

Think. Learn. Pray. Plan. Dream. For soon … you will become.