I feel like I'm the winner. I really do.

Honestly, happy. This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith. I'm glad I stayed true to myself.

Our bodies are temples of the Lord. We should earn respect and admiration for our hearts, not for showing skin to look sexy.

There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers.

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.

Never settle for less. Others may see it as lacking or not having. But Others also see it as having standards

oh darling, The darkness is a gift, And when you realise this, You will never be defeatedAgain.

No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.

If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?

Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free ourselves.

The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.

God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you're not.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.