"You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events."

"My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow."

"Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you."

"We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you."

"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."

"When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,' and so forth, I switch off quite early."

"I've always kind of had an interest in the drums but nothing else. The drums are the only thing I feel I would be good at, because I'm a very physical person. I've always played sports and stuff. Drums would give me something to do."

"In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do."