If you are trying to live with and maintain ascendancy over same-gender attractions, the best way to do that is to have groups that define their members in terms other than same-gender attractions.

A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.

We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the brightest light and the only hope for this darkened world.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

Love is the most powerful force in the world.

Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

Man's laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral

The word sharing affirms that we have something extraordinarily valuable and desire to give it to others for their benefit and blessing.

Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.

Sometimes the only way to win is not to play the game.

...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.

I don't always have the stomach muscles I have, and I get cellulite as well like everyone else.

Faith is the ability to see things that don't yet exist. Faith, though, can turn difficulty into reality, positive reality.

I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.

Youth, ah, Youth! all men's desire and sorrow.

The fans always tell me im beautiful but I always tell them that no one will ever be as beautiful as them

I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.

I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting.