Integrity is not what you APPEAR to be when all eyes are on you. It is who you ARE when no one is looking.

In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you're not afraid of the dark.

. . . you have no idea how many people there are in the world whose day could be made and their life changed for the better if someone would just look them in the eye, smile, and say, "Hello.

One of the greatest gifts you can give your husband is your own wholeness.

Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it makes you free.

We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.

Don’t be overwhelmed . . . take it one day and one prayer at a time.

The truth is you always grow to love the people you pray for. That’s because you develop God’s heart of love for them.

I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing for him.

Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do.

People's love for us may change, depending on what we do or don't do to please them. But God's does not-it's everlasting.

his eyes are swords from far was sparkling sharpnesson my body and soul

The less you know, the less your children can learn from you, the more you know, the more they can also learn from you..

...human beings dream of life everlasting. But most of them want it on earth and not in heaven.

Jazz is the music of the body.

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?

There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers.

Failure's hard. There's no way around. Bombing on stage never feels great. You feel judged, you feel alone. But then when your performance works, it's transcendent.

We all live in our own world. But if you look up at the starry sky - you'll see that all the different worlds up there combine to form constellations, solar systems, galaxies.

What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior?