If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time.

no girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself.

I love you. Forever, and a day.

Judgement comes from experience, and great judgement comes from bad experience.

We are so fond of being out among nature, because it has no opinions about us.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

Leadership is the dream made reality.

There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

I know that in order to be considered successful, youre supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise.

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the policy of the Communist party

My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.