“So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.”

“We convince by our presence.”

“Great hopes make great men.”

“I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.”

“It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.”

“Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“The authentic self is the soul made visible.”

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”

“Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things that's all.”

“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.”

“This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.”

“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.”

“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.”

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”

“Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?”

“The best way out is always through.”

“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”