Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be truly glorious by the time my tenure ends.

We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.

Do you love me?" he asked. I fell silent. "For the rest of it is glitter and noise," he said. "At the heart of it all is love. You make that choice, and you go forward from there.

He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.

I am who I am, born that way, and will die that way.

I have changed for the last time--this is the man I will be till I die. And that man loves you.

A truth that no one knows is still the truth.

He leaned upon her as if there was no other support anywhere in the world, and she held him as if she would undertake no other task for all eternity.

If mankind's greatest achievement is to produce more spaces for mankind to live in, I do not think I am so impressed.

she had something I could not have, and so I resented her—but I realized the fault was mine and not hers.

I was Amazement--I was Desire--I was Ecstasy and Rapture and the slightest bit of Greed.

To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.

There isn't meaning if we give everything in replace for nothing!

Seven a.m. on the first day of summer vacation was, to her mind, a dangerous time to be awake. Even God had to be sleeping in.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

I love being in London because it means I am breathing the same air as the Queen.

Eating wildlife is probably not the smartest thing that we can do in terms of maintaining the integrity of natural systems.

Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work.

Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry!

I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.