Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

My sincere desire is to write in a style that is simple enough for a child to understand, yet powerful enough to change lives.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

In any year, the stats in Iowa show we are in a relatively safe location, but that can change dramatically; a lot of it depends on what travels through our campus.

Acting for me was the gospel, the love of the spoken word.

You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice.

You who look at everything through your perpetually open eyes, is your lucidity never bathed in tears?

I would say, when it comes to comedy, I think Matthew Broderick was great.

still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.

I got my first paycheck as a cast member in the Broadway production of 'HAIR' when I was 16 years old.

For only that which we knew and practiced at age 15 will one day constitute our attraction. And one thing, therefore, can never be made good: having neglected to run away from home.