I’ve played Romeo for Juliet(But in depth)It’s vignettes of silhouettes(And then read)And watched Russian roulette, yeah red SovietYet doing it simultaneouslyWhile dropping down shed oubliettesTurned around and took truth to the head thatLove is the...

Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn’t be fair if you didn’t throw some punches back at it

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It’s as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking...

Grief is a hone to a hard mind.

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

…I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

I don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned...

My body is a political battlefield.It is a place of war, of death and suffering, of triumph and victory, of damage and repair, of blood and tears and sweat.It is a place where memories go...

No. Go through the fire and I’ll be with you.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will...

Don’t let what you thought you were yesterday keep you from becoming what you’re meant to be today.

We can overcome the uncertainties in life with courage and hope.

If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options.You can climb it and cross to the other side.You can go around it.You can dig under it.You can fly over it.You can blow it...

There may be something going on in your life right now, that seems like a giant, so big that you think it’s impossible to conquer. But, remember no matter how gigantic your problems may be,...

Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will.

The Lord doesn’t always make our paths smooth sailing, but He does make it possible to rise above adversity.

At the moment when the road looks the harshest, and you think you cannot continue on that is when you relearn your first mode of transportation; you crawl. You dig your fingers into the dirt,...

Stay strong in spirit, be patient and you will overcome any situation.

God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony.

As you travel along the roads in life, there is a certain kind of peace that comes with knowing you’re on the right path. And when you are faced with adversity, it challenges you but...

Someday” almost never comes around. It gets lost somewhere between the shouda, woulda, couldas of your life. Let go of whatever is holding you back and dare to live – boldly, bravely, and courageously –...

Captivity can’t be overcome with inactivity

YOU are the creator of your experience, therefore: all problems must be met within YOU.

We all get knock down in life. We must never stay down. Find the grace to rise up. You have the chance to start again.

I do believe in the old saying, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Out experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Today I wondered why my eyelashes aren’t thick enough and why my feet aren’t small enough. Then it hit me. Why do we take these insignificant things like millimeters on lashes and shoeboxes and then...

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don’t be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren’t paying any attention to...

Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed?

I am a man that knows of the possibility of failure. I have suffered defeat. I have created miscalculations. I have even abandoned victory, and fallen in shame. I can claim my arrogance. I can...

I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is...

You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness,...

The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God how much can be done by prayer and faith.

Blame doesn’t empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don’t want to be because you don’t want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your...

We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us.

Revolution must take place within one’s own mind.

Some run the cliffs, and set upon an eagle’s wings. Others mire in the den, and once within, can never leave again.

Write down 10 things you would do in your life if you had absolutely no fear. Then pick one of them and do it.

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

To have a different life you have be a different person. You have to do what you haven’t done. You have to become the person that fits that dream. But most of all, you have...

I am not enough in myself; I can barely make it through buying milk and school supplies. Thank goodness there is a Guardian to come before me and throw off the dark.

The journey of unknown is life journey of graduate students. There are many mountains to be overcome. With hope, patient and courage you can soar high above the mountains and achieve your goals.

The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.

Allowing people to contribute in your life is a leap of faith. And that comes gradually with self actualization and overcoming fears of uncertainty.

God built lighthouses to see people through storms. Then he built storms to remind people to find lighthouses.

Fear will do one thing and one thing only: hold you back

False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound, the love of many may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may be lost sight of, and darkness, like the pall of death, may spread over the world;...

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.

Life is an ongoing learning path where you make mistakes & you learn from it. You get better, you grow emotionally, socially and gets mature gradually. There are significant times where we are good and...

The fault in our stars is the inability to see that the world falls in love with fantasy, fairytales and magic in movies. Even religion asks us to believe in the most unlikely of situations....