“Always give 100%, unless you are giving your blood. You may want to keep some of that.”

“To be a Christian is to live dangerously, honestly, freely - to step in the name of love as if you may land on nothing, yet to keep on stepping because the something that sustains you no empire can give you and no empire can take away.”

“Because sometimes, and this is really important, the worst possible thing imaginable leads you to the place you were meant to be all along. Even in the most dire of times, life gives you a reason to give thanks.”

“...as your father, my instinct is to protect you ... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.”

“You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away.”

“You have to get out in some rain to find your rainbows”

“Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end.”