I believe that no concern of ours is too small or insignificant.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

...shiny trinkets and frivolous spending make people forget what world they're living in.

The most critical risk of all, is not taking the risk if means be dangerous.

It was a new kind of class war - the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.

To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether.

I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.

It is lost, lovely child, somewhere in the ragbag that I laughingly refer to as my memory.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

The only way to be who you want to be is by being what you haven't yet been.

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.