The world when I was 13 wasn't truly driven by tabloid magazines and social media and reality shows. I was able to have a little more of a private life.

My dogs are about unconditional love. It's so wonderful to walk in the door from a long day and all they want to do is be loved and to give and give.

Keep on shining, keep on smiling, don't lose faith, and don't lose heart. When you're crying, just keep trying to remind yourself, you're a shining star, yes you are.

Online bullying has to stop.

I believe for everyone who goes astray, someone will come to show the way.

You can't break what's broken already.

I will love you all my life and when I die I will still love you through eternity and beyond.

The Holy Spirit said I was blessed and was going to touch hearts everywhere.

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.

Even one kid going hungry in America is one too many. How can we stand by when the reality is that there are more than 12 million underfed children in the U.S.? We can make a difference.

No matter which way I move you, that's a powerful thing to be able to do.

As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

The devil never tempted a man whom he found judiciously employed.

Why this reluctance to make the change? We fear the process of reeducation.

We insist that God must surely lead everyone as we believe He has led us. We refuse to allow God the freedom to deal with each of us as individuals. When we think like that, we are legalistic.

I guess there are some things you never get used to.

The truth is when I went to graduate school I would've said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard.

Road rage is the expression of the amateur sociopath in all of us, cured by running into a professional.

If you take advantage of the fact that technology abolishes distance, then you won't need to go to India. Just go to Indiana.