I’m not raising my kids to survive the world. I’m raising them to change it.

If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips

The minute I start being afraid of what people might say is the minute I become useless to God.

The voice you believe will determine the future you experience

Lots of times, our main problem isn't our problem. Our biggest problem is our perspective on our problem.

Love is not words, it's actions, and love isn't feelings, it's a decision.

My joy is not determined by what happens to me, but what Christ is doing in me and through me.

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved.

When God demands more of you, it's because He sees more IN you

Don't be ashamed to celebrate victories that may seem small to others. Only you and God know what they really cost.

In the afternoon the digestion of the meal deprives me of the incomparable lightness which characterizes the fast days.

In darkness, remember that the sun never forgets to rise with her morning smile.

The words of the twenty-third Psalm had come back to her, verses Mutti had helped her memorize as a young girl--Elise Neumann

Sylvia Plath, Rumi, there's a lot of spoken word poets who do a really incredible job putting their spoken work into page poetry - that's what I strive to do.

It's a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He's not his dad, not his grandpa. He's 28 years old.

To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at it a long time, get snowblindness if you have to, but write something.

I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.

I am a Westerner of Westerners!