T. F. Hodge is a motivational author and speaker best known for his empowering book From Within I Rise, which inspires readers to overcome adversity and reclaim their personal power. With a background shaped by challenge and resilience, Hodge writes from a place of authenticity and determination. His message is one of spiritual strength, accountability, and transformation. Through his writing and public voice, he encourages individuals to rise above their circumstances and build lives rooted in purpose, courage, and integrity.

"To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles."

"Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth."

"Doing things for others can make the 'giver' happy, but trying to change or control another will drive you crazy, because it cannot be sustained. One must give without expectation(s) and allow others, even your offspring, the opportunity of self-determination -- even when you "perceive" danger on the road ahead; each spiritual journey has a right to its own fulfillment. We must learn how to stay in our lane."

"On a surface level, all one finds is repeated forms of shallow whispers. Having the courage to explore deeply, a wealth of buried infinite lifetimes emerge - an undeniable force."

"A man who rightly governs self, may also govern family without the crippling cowardice, crutch of control."

"Walking in ignorance is a choice for those who find reality too hard to face."

"You carry the message you've been seeking, but realization of it is found in healthy retrospection, not among the wilderness of chaotic noise."

"Talent is divinely gifted, and never to be cheaply exchanged for the sake of trinkets and fame."

"Drama don't arrive by surprise, it is subconsciously attracted to fertile grounds."

"When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate."

"When 'Dirty Mack' salts your flow, get beyond feelings of hurt, anger, bitterness, and especially vengeance. Be glad, and take refuge in knowing light has been cast on the shadow of hatred, envy or jealousy that has mocked your shine. And press forward with your purpose - allowing time and space to clear the way for karmic justice on your behalf."

"Time' is the illusional domain occupied by the state of boredom. 'Space' is the infinite - reality - experienced by the state of higher creative consciousness. Choose wisely."

"There is no way to counterfeit courage, we either have it or we do not."

"Being thankful for and celebrating what is attracts more of what can and will be."

"If the thought inspires you, and it feels good and right...it is yours, alone, to exercise. So get right on it!"

"Pride can be friend, ego can be foe...depending on which one we choose, or not, to conquer."

"You may have the dark and cold street life, ruled by the lessor light of the moon. During this time I restore my temple, and later awake to greet the awesome radiance of the sun-star."

"If there is no love for others, love of country is just a slogan."

"Building on a bond is bankable. Building on bitterness is bankrupt."

"Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep...slow...breathing. Of this, the natural law of self-preservation demands."

"Old habits for old people, reinvent yourself while you still can!"

"A culture of vultures steeped and born of violence shall choke on the blood of its offspring."

"Ignore the voice that scorns and ridicules to ensure it does not mold you. Stifling subtleties like these, if unchecked, are oppressive. Freedom is a love supreme birthright, not a privilege to be governed by any other."

"Driving in someone elses lane is easy, but remaining in your own seems to be the most challenging self discipline. No matter how big the highway, imagine yours is a singular road traveled in one direction - you're own."

"If you wish to transform, pretend this day until it is so."

"Positively Inspired Man of Purpose, my style is P.I.M.P.'ish."

"Success needs no authorization, yet failure requires permission."

"The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil."

"The illusion, as ego suggests, is that it's about time - mechanical mind; it is not. It is, however, all about conscious space - something [the] soul has always known."