He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.

All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.

He [Jesus] did not say, 'You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,' but he did say, 'You will never be overcome.

The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.

Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.

Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.

For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.

As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.

The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.

God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.

We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker's marvellous love so fully.

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

She had to find her own story, and she could make it whatever shape she thought best.

I scream out the ropes of words that bound my tongue, and the heavens echo back...'I love you'.

Drawing her closer he tucked his chin and lifted hers to meet his abysmal onyx eyes.

Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life

I finally feel like I'm becoming somebody. I really think like I can do something. I just know I'm going to be an actress. I want it so bad.

I think music is such an extension of who we are, and the fact that I've gone through as much as I have, good, bad, and ugly, has really helped to shape the songs that I picked.

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.

If you look to others you will be distracted; if you look to yourselves you will be discouraged; but if you look to Christ you'll be delighted.