Eternity is a long time, but only a day when you are in love.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs.

Never compare your grief.You - and only youwalk your path.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

You have to take everything as it comes.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

What do we have in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew lies on its body?

In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites.

How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?