For some, transformation comes quickly, but for most of us, the changes are gradual.

Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.

The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.

The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again.

Our children do not need a makeover, they just need to be understood. If you understand their emotional needs now, you can save them a lifetime of searching for what they never had as a child.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is.

It's tricky. I've never been standing at the top of the tree with tons of money thrown at me. I've never really had a profile. So in a way I have this 'nothing to lose' attitude.

Rock stars against drugs--that's what we want, isn't it? Government-approved rock-n-roll? Woo! We're partying now!

Open your mind to what I shall disclose, and hold it fast within you; he who hears, but does not hold what he has heard, learns nothing. Beatrice - Canto V 40-42

A theology which is not based on revelation as a given reality but treats God as an idea would be as mad as a zoology which is no longer sure of the physical, tangible existence of animals.

A little knowledge and an over-abundance of zeal always tends to be harmful. In the area involving religious truths, it can be disastrous.

You will not find what you want in the world, only in the Father.

The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else’s story.

Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies... pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.

I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.