Laughing together heartily at the same thing forms an instant bond.

Simply put, Redeeming Love is the most powerful work of fiction you will ever read.

The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs.

If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders.

Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They're not arbitrary or random, and they're definitely not cruel.

It's not where we've been that matters to God. It's who we are becoming in Him.

By God's design, I believe our hearts and minds are shaped by Story. It's how we learn. It's how we make sense of the world. Characters, situations, moral consequences are all around us.

With God, it isn’t who you were that matters; it’s who you are becoming.

Fun is temporary at best; it's risky, even dangerous, at worst. Joy, on the other hand, was mystery I couldn't seem to decipher.

My heart's desire is to find more opportunities to give myself away and teach my children the joy of service at the same time.

History provides a great example but a terrible excuse.

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Maybe Heaven will be a library and then I might get to finish my ‘to-read’ list.

I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I called 'helping' them.

How does it feel being a woman's weakness? I mean a real woman. I mean a real weakness.

I always go heavy and I always go to failure.

You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man

I'm from the dirty depths of New Jersey.

Money is not nice. Money got no friends but more money.

Snowboarding was everything that I knew. That's what I did and I poured everything I had into it. I thought that being successful and achieving my goals would go hand-in-hand with being happy.

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.