There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity.

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do.

People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.

I’m not a Christian because I’m strong and have it all together. I’m a Christian because I’m weak and admit I need a Savior.

If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game.

Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be grateful the thorn bush has roses. Perspective.

They ask me how Im doing. I say better than I deserve

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.

What I've learned over the years is that people shouldn't be defined by a single mistake. Everyone messes up, " she said. "You have to forgive yourself and move one.

This war's not over! Not by a long shot! --Enoch

Women. They're irresistible that's for sure, and they love to remind us that they are the keepers of our desires.

The poet's scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. The Genius survives all else is claimed by death.

People don't like to follow pessimists.

The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.

Pilates is my favorite core strengthener. I do it three or four times a week. With all the strengthening and lengthening, it's like ballet. Plus, you get to do it lying down!

As the writer of this book [Lincoln in the Bardo], what I loved was the feeling of having so many surprises come at the end that I hadn't really planned or planted.

There is a great volcano sleeping in every laziness!

It hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time.