When I first started acting, I was just crap.

There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something.

And I've come to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these problems, these issues - there's nothing that we can do that will solve the problems that we have and keep the peace, unless we solve it through God, unless we solve it in being our highest self. And that's a pretty tall order.

sometimes it's the fight that makes a thing worth having

I have wondered why it is that our greatest triumphs spring from our greatest extremity and adversity. Perhaps it is because we are so resistant to change, we only move when our seat becomes too hot to occupy.

The sun will rise again. The only uncertainty is whether or not we will rise to greet it. Alan Christensen's diary

Great opportunities disguise themselves as small tasks.

Christ] has accomplished your salvation. But He has not yet perfected your circumstances. Do not be confused in the two.

Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.