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.

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.

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

From that day on I go to each door in turn and sing the three songs that I remember from school. Within a few days I'm overwhelmed how happy they appear to be when they hear or recognize me.

I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.

Truth is everlasting.

We are mortgaging our future.

She took comfort in the soft occasional sound of turning pages.

But aren't many gardens beautiful because they are imperfect?...aren't the strange, new flowers that arise by mistake or misadventure as pleasing as the well-tended and planned?

Nature is all that we think we know plus all that we don't know whether or not we know that we don't know it.

All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.

When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.