The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving.

You are worth more than what people say or think of you.

The most fragile, unhappy people destine themselves to live lives of constantly reminding themselves to be happy.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes.

Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful.

...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.

Rather than look at a marriage as two people morphing into one thing, you could see two individuals who are choosing to form a partnership.

Nothing can ever pass away from the words of Christ, nor can anything be changed in the doctrine which the Catholic Church received from Christ to guard, protect, and preach.

Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.