When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time.

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.

Beauty is not in a woman’s face but in her soul.

The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.

Why are our inner lives so important? One reason is because our thoughts determine our actions.

In America, the first thing we have to get rid of is entitlements for the wealthy, and at the same time, open up the economy to the disadvantaged.

I knew early in life that I wanted a show business career.

You never know. It's just. It's like. POOF. And you're gone.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

What are you gonna do if I break one of your *&^%$ing rules?

Hopefully, with some years of practice and just getting to that state, I'll try extreme sports again.

Your date is better in your pie and your porridge than in your cheek.