I just believe that marriage is a beautiful representation of God's love for us and that there is such a cherishing that can happen in marriage that is different from any other relationship.

God does not want us to be living in the past, in shame, in fear, or in the future, in worry. He wants us to be living in the present, in now, with Him.

I always knew that God's way was the best, that I wanted to wait, and that I valued purity.

Don't worry about your life cause if you hold it too close you lose it.

I don't think courting and dating is a liability. I actually think it can be a blessing.

I dreamed of being very attracted to my future husband, and I'm extremely attracted to him. I dreamed of having lots of fun together and being able to be goofy and be accepted, that's all there.

Marriage to me means unity, it means strength because I believe that both people can be stronger in their calling because of each other.

Until you find something worth dying for, you're not really living.

I think it takes a truly strong man to cherish a woman.

I cry out from the ashes, burned with sin and shame. I ask you Lord to make me whole again.

Really with marriage, from what I've heard about from different friends that are married, you can't entirely be prepared. There are things you can only learn in marriage.

You were wrong, Gram, " I said softly, tone emotionless because I was resigned to the awful, lonely truth of it. "Love doesn't save our souls. It kills them.

My beliefs are the center of my being.

Please, Lord gives power to obey your commandment

People who read always have something interesting to say.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

To him who knows how to read the legend, it conveys more truth than the chronicle.

I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.