Even sometimes our preconceptions of what we think we need is different to actually what we do need, so we've got to be more open and give guys more of a chance.

God does not want us to be living in the past, in shame, in fear, or in the future, in worry. He wants us to be living in the present, in now, with Him.

I always knew that God's way was the best, that I wanted to wait, and that I valued purity.

Don't worry about your life cause if you hold it too close you lose it.

I don't think courting and dating is a liability. I actually think it can be a blessing.

I dreamed of being very attracted to my future husband, and I'm extremely attracted to him. I dreamed of having lots of fun together and being able to be goofy and be accepted, that's all there.

Marriage to me means unity, it means strength because I believe that both people can be stronger in their calling because of each other.

Until you find something worth dying for, you're not really living.

I think it takes a truly strong man to cherish a woman.

I cry out from the ashes, burned with sin and shame. I ask you Lord to make me whole again.

Really with marriage, from what I've heard about from different friends that are married, you can't entirely be prepared. There are things you can only learn in marriage.

I feel as though I am ice and he is fire.We are so completely different, yet thesame.

Vacate the bench of rest and play the game of the bests. Keep on marching

Expect the best, prepare for the worst.

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.

When you have the means and information to cure a disease and don't . . . you are the disease.

Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint.

That's all the difficulty and the challenge and the battle: to look through this mechanical thing, these bits of glass and metal, at someone. And not lose the sense that this shape is a human being.

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

I've spent several years now with my head down.

Every time I work on something, fun comes first. Whatever it is I think if you have fun doing it, the other things will follow. Albums sales or ranking on charts aren't important.