To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

I don't have to figure out how God is going to solve my problem. I don't have to understand how He's going to bring it to pass. That's His responsibility. My job is to simply believe that He will.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

There are people in your path just so you can be a blessing to them. Anytime you do good for others, you are sowing a seed for God to be good to you.

You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny.

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict.

We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.

Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.

Great opportunity is all around you and it will inspire you to either take advantage of it or deny that it is there.

No regrets, only choices.

This hypothesis (Parallel hypothesis) would not destroy itself at all easily.

The terrible beast, that no one may understand, Came to my side, and put down his head in love.

To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is really going to matter to anyone else. It has to matter to you.

I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.

It's thematic in my career, if you look at most of my choices. It is some level of exploration of maternal angst and maternal heroism.