Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Remember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that's wrong so we miss the big picture of all that's right.

You have the exact qualities God knew your kids would need in a mother. Each day, hold up your willingness and ask God to make you the best version of you that you can possibly be.

You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.

God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

Today, let's be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.

Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.

When to give grace? I'd rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

Don't let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.

If you were to believe that you would've never have tried anything new

To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life.

The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.

There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.

If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.

Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.

Every word of [the Constitution] decides a question between power and liberty.

Wisdom overcomes fortune.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

I really prize my freedom more than work. I prize just being human and doing other things.