The more I know you, the more I want to know you more.

No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift us, no obstacle is too great to overcome.

Things are temporary, relationships last forever. Nothing can replace the time we spend investing in the life of another.

Confidence is not based on you having all the resources needed to take care of yourself; confidence is based upon the truth that God is faithful.

Each day is a day that God has given us, and each moment of that day is in His hands.

The storms of life can be used for good in our lives if we let them drive our spirits higher and closer to God.

How blessed I am that I can walk beside you, lean upon you, and live within the warmth of your love...

We are like clay containers filled with a beautiful treasure. So often it has been the love of Jesus expressed through the life of someone I know that has made a difference in my life.

The wonder of Christmas is that the God Who lived with us can now live within us.

There is always time enough in a day to do God's will.

The things you should value most in this life are NOT things.

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that.

Some people appear to be more meager in talent than they are, just because the tasks they set themselves are always too great.

I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.

Teachers are reservoirs from which, through the process of education, students draw the water of life.

Why not start over because every promise made is not kept, why not start over so the American people can debate [the health care law] again?!

My thing was always trying to do as much as I possibly could do. I wanted to do all the things the other kids did in the neighborhood.

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do.