Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you can't get on your own.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

You should also pay attention to what happens to you and make sure you draw correct conclusions

A person can drop dead even while singing. But that's no reason to stop singing.

In my view, the gospels are true, not historically, but theologically, or, as I would argue, prophetically! What we have is, the Messiah’s history written in advance in story form.

Intersections are crash magnets.

He's probably the only player who doesn't play for 10 months and, if he scores a hat trick in his first game back, no one would be surprised.

You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

At the end of the day, besides everything that I do, I'm still just a 20-year-old girl and a Texan, at that.