I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd run barefoot, relax a bit more, I'd talk more to children, and I'd learn how they laugh.

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

I count myself really fortunate that I have some lifelong friends. The best thing about a friend is when you are being your own worst enemy a friend can help snap you out of it.

People rarely bring flowers to a suicide.

Since the gluten-free diet is not for everyone, it's recommended that you stick with a gluten-free diet for at least 3 weeks first to see if it works for you.

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.

The art of good teaching begins when we can answer the questions our students are really trying to ask us, if only they knew how to do so.

The secret of success is an absolute ungovernable curiosity.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one

Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote Whatever it is that you’re afraid of, go after it.