Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

Where there is no relationship with God there is no future

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly and [if] there is no situation to face it falls away of its own weight.

I don't talk very well. With writing, you've time to get it right. Also I've found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn't write no one would want me to talk anyway.

When marriage exposes a person's selfishness and sins it's doing what it is meant to do: bringing our sins and wounds to light so we can recognize them, confess them, and begin the healing process.

No compass has ever been invented for the high seas of matrimony.

I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace.

If you are love with the perfect, prepare to see it swept away. If you are able to dream of the impossible, it just might happen.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.