We conquer by continuing.

Fire is harmful unless it’s controlled. Then it provides warmth, enables us to cook, and sets a romantic tone when contained in a fireplace.

Your response to rejection is the same way. When your response is unbridled, it can devastate. When your response is controlled, it can be used to motivate you, stir you into action, and bring you closer to your goals.

Be careful not to compare how insecure you feel about yourself on the inside with how polished others may look on the outside.

The more perfect another person appears to be, the more likely they feel inadequate.

It ought to be with a sense of relief, not a sense of compromise and reluctance, that we come to the conclusion that we are not and never will be perfect.

Your own life is your competition.

Rejection causes pain but like physical pain, it goes away.

By understanding that all rejection is beneficial, you’ll be able to open-mindedly examine each rejection rather than allowing negativity to creep in and take over.

Positive thinking people use rejection to motivate them.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Hang on to your vision.

Be like a postage stamp - stick to one thing until you get there.

Submitting to fear and avoiding rejection takes away our freedom to dream.

When we feed ourselves full of possibilities, we gain courage.

When you continue exploring your possibilities, great ideas emerge that can benefit you and others in a big way.

Every lasting success involves overcoming rejection.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.

You can’t make the decision for someone else to reject you. Take the risk!

Their pride often got the best of them. Rather than face the fear of embarrassment, they would simply reject the idea.

My life just got taken over by my cooking. If you don't have any discipline, which I don't, you can make 10 gallons of chocolate mousse, take a spoonful and another and another, and you won't realize you've eaten like five servings of it. It's just what you do.

A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.

I think a lot of people, especially women, feel like to be whole, you need to find part of yourself in another person - probably because of the fables we're told as kids.

Girls are crazy and mean. They don't fight fair.

Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.

For college seniors, graduation is a critical event, after all. They feel self-conscious in their mortarboard with the tassel, their warlock robes.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

I like the values in Flicka, and I wanted to do a movie my kids could see and be proud of.

I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them.

Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

The cure to information overload is more information.

It's the melody within the heart that helps us to endure.

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.

One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one's social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work.

The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don't see at the fashion shows. You find information for readers so they can visualize themselves.

It used to be that you'd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership.

They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.

For those who live by faith the cross is a treasure more valuable than gold and precious stones.

I did have a literal shed of fan mail once. It was literally filled with, like, 25 of those giant mail cartons.

I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything.