Prodigy Quotes

In retrospect, I'm grateful for the break-up of my marriage because it forced me to deal with all the buried issues I probably wouldn't have otherwise faced. I'm a better, kinder, happier person today because of the spiritual and emotional growth I've experienced.

You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.

Solitude is the furnace of transformation.

Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

Prison matures you.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example.

Work is spiritual. It is a place where we have the opportunity for spiritual growth. Often, these opportunities come from the 'how' of the ways we do our work rather than the 'what' of the work itself.

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I wanted to improve. I think I have done that as a person, too, and that will help me in my life.

I feel like if I wasn't to go to jail, I probably wouldn't be the person I am - I wouldn't.

When I got to jail, it was a blessing in disguise because it made me reevaluate and check who I am as a person.

I have noticed a difference in myself spiritually. I have had a better relationship with my wife and kids. It's because I am putting the gospel first. I just wish it hadn't taken me so long to realize it.

You can change. You can 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.'

There are also flat periods in life which may well be the periods during which-before new lessons come- the past lessons of life are allowed to seep, quietly and deeply, into the marrow of the soul. These outwardly flat periods, when enduring well may not seem very purposeful,, are probably the times when needed attitudinal alignments are quietly occurring.

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

I recommend anybody go to a bookstore, go down the self-help or new-age section, and just walk those aisles. See what book jumps out at you; there's a good chance it's a book you need in your life. That's basically how I find the books that I read.

My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values.

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don't be discouraged... just be willing to change.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.