I know that I've been given more than beyond measure. I come alive when I see beyond my fears. I know that I've been given more than earthly treasure. I come alive when I've broken down and given you control.

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

But, then, nothing is easy.

The very beginning was written and all he had to do was go on. That's all, he said. You see how simple what you cannot do is?

Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

Every single day for the rest of your life, somebody is going to push you in the pool. And you'd better decide now how you're going to act when it happens.

Failure exists only for the person who quits. I do not quit.

But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.

But if our mornings are faced with courage and wisdom, the past need not be lived again.

If the source were simply a few behavioral habits, you would have conquered them already.

Your heart didn't arrive at its present condition overnight. It won't become healthy overnight either. You can't overcome in an instant the effects of years of blockage caused by guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy. Adopting new habits of the heart is a process, but it's a process that will yield some immediate results.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.