It is not enough for the hand to touch a book and turn its pages. The pages of a book must touch the heart.

Isn’t that the way God works? She’d thought. He takes the things in our lives that are ugly, disgusting, and downright wicked, and transforms them into something magnificent.

My grace is sufficient for thee. The words soothed her soul like a healing balm.

...there is nothing unforgivable and there are no secrets before an all-knowing merciful God.

He realized he needed strength, sustenance that couldn’t come from bread alone. He desperately needed God.

It would still be a long way until she was completely free, but the door had been cracked open and a smidgen of hope broke through the darkness.

When you believe the TRUTH, there's an incredible freedom. You're free to live without fear.

Your disbelief in God does not determine His existence. God is. Period. Whether you believe it or not.

When we take our eyes off Jesus and only focus on ourselves and our circumstances, we can no longer see Him. God says He will keep us in perfect peace if we keep our eyes on Him.

YOU are important. You are special. You are loved. GOD has a plan for your life! Find out what it is and you'll experience a depth of fulfillment you never thought possible.

Loving someone can be hard at times. You risk a lot when you love - your heart and soul, at the least. Love is the most important and most rewarding investment you can make in another person.

If you work hard all day and all night, something may come of it. You never know, it just might.

The Bible says that God sees two classes of men. He sees the saved and the lost, those who are going to heaven and those who are going to hell.

It is the way one treats his inferiors more than the way he treats his equals which reveals one’s real character.

There are two unknowns in the World. The Poles and the Turks!

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.

When I dive, I dive into a different dimensional plane. I am not in this world anymore. Someone might see the body, but the spirit has left. It has gone everywhere or nowhere.

I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.