If you want to grow, find men who provoke you.

‎True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

When you let God be God you can let humans be humans. When we place God in His rightful place in our lives, we don't struggle so much when human relationships let us down.

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

Courtship is a commitment - it's a promise not to play games with another person's heart.

But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

Our hearts lie. Something can 'feel' right and be completely wrong.

I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.

We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life.

I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.

It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.

Nothing is more important than the formation of fictional concepts, which teach us at last to understand our own.