A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.", Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton, 1988)

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

Just using a checklist requires [doctors] to embrace different values from ones we've had, like humility, discipline, teamwork.

My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I'm not doing that.

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility.

The Feminist Me says that a woman's right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps.

God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your Heart.

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.