If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.

Josh joined her at the window. She let him look. He should know that the world was not all lessons and iguanas and Nintendo. It was also this muddy simple boy tethered like an animal.

It's very hard to get out of this hold, that's why you either have to scoot backwards, move forwards, or try to get up.

I'd love to major in Music. I love what I do, but I want to really understand it, more in depth.

Anybody who gets away with something will come back to get away with a little bit more.

To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.

Instead of spending money, I earned it.

For me, acting is doing.

Any woman who does not give birth to as many children as she is capable is guilty of murder.

When I was little I always wanted to drive a train. That, and become a baker.