Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have been so much done for they are almost done in.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

Don't use your past as an excuse, excuse your excuses and take action now!!!

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else.

I've always really loved action films, but I don't see myself as a superhero girl.

There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.

If we have no identity apart from our jobs, we are truly vulnerable.

I'm of course nostalgic for Barack Obama all of a sudden.

My attitude is that when we put a youngster in harm's way, somebody who wears our nation's uniform in harm's way, he or she deserves the absolute best.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

The paradox of acceptance: When our mind becomes less attached and dependent on things being a certain way our happiness in life dramatically improves.

Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil.