"" Faith is not knowing that everything is going to be alright, it's knowing that you'll survive when things aren't alright.""
— Mercedes Gonzalez

""Poverty is not a circumstance, it's an attitude.""
— Rita Gonzalez

""Poor is the man whom is not content with what he has.""
— Rita Gonzalez

"Think about some of the words that are used in these kinds of discussions, one of the most common being the phrase “open-minded.” Often the person with spiritual convictions is seen as close-minded and others are seen as open-minded. What is fascinating to me is that at the center of the Christian faith is the assumption that this life isn’t all there is. That there is more to life than the material. That existence is not limited to what we can see, touch, measure, taste, hear, and observe. One of the central assertions of the Christian worldview is that there is “more” – Those who oppose this insist that this is all there is, that only what we can measure and observe and see with our eyes is real. There is nothing else. Which perspective is more “closed-minded?” Which perspective is more “open?”"
— Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith)

"Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it. "
— Rob Bell

"Everybody is following somebody. EVerybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers."
— Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith)

"Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth."
— Rob Bell

"Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be."
— Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith)

"What we do comes out of who we believe we are."
— Rob Bell (Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality)

"Whether we are reading the Bible for the first time or standing in a field in Israel next to a historian and an archaeologist and a scholar, the Bible meets us where we are. That is what truth does"
— Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith)

"Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!"
— Joel Osteen

"God knows your value; He sees your potential. You may not understand everything you are going through right now. But hold your head up high, knowing that God is in control and he has a great plan and purpose for your life. Your dreams may not have turned out exactly as you’d hoped, but the bible says that God’s ways are better and higher than our ways, even when everybody else rejects you, remember, God stands before you with His arms open wide. He always accepts you. He always confirms your value. God sees your two good moves! You are His prized possession. No matter what you go through in life, no matter how many disappointments you suffer, your value in God’s eyes always remains the same. You will always be the apple of His eye. He will never give up on you, so don’t give up on yourself."
— Joel Osteen (Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential)

"You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you."
— Joel Osteen (Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential)

"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Never memorize something that you can look up."
— Albert Einstein

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
— Pablo Picasso

"If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel."
— Gordon B. Hinckley