When we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

There is no escape if love is not there

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

This is the strangest life I have ever known.

It's when you stop planning every last detail that you discover the fun in life.

You get to decide what to worship.

Good can sit in the distance, just beyond your view, waiting, until you go toward it.

I waited and waited, and when no message came, I knew it must have been from you.

Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating.

My philosophy has always been to help women and men feel comfortable and confident through the clothes they wear.

I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

Actually I was more of a breaker than a thrower - most of them putters. I broke so many of those that I probably became the world's foremost authority on how to putt without a putter.