Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

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.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.

To live your best life now, you must learn to trust God’s timing, you may not think He’s working, but you can be sure that right now, behind the scenes, God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life.

To live your best life now, you must learn to trust God’s timing, you may not think He’s working, but you can be sure that right now, behind the scenes, God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life.

You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you.

You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.

There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.

You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.