If [Christian leaders] do not teach Christian principles to all followers of Christ, we are not equipping them with God’s truth that willovercome worldly influence.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

I was terribly, painfully present in the world, and so far removed from it.

If we knew how to use the power of our thoughts, we could travel the world in a second.

My verses, I cannot say poems. . . . I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Millay, unhappily in my own horrible sneakers.

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it.

We're our own worst enemies a lot of the time, but I still blame men.

Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself.

I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance.

When we place more value on what other people think of us than on what we think of ourselves, it’s a formula for misery.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.