While it is easy to blame the hand of the abuser, when that hand no longer is raised against you, why do you continue to feel the burn of its touch?

Temptation is not to be feared, but controlled.

Seeing a miracle will inspire you, but knowing you are a miracle will change you.

When you make the dream of your heart a treasure of heaven, it holds an eternal value.

Faith encompasses so much more than a denomination!

Start today like a new beginning, and not a repeat.

Denominations divide while the cross unites.

Your heart can be broken, but your soul never bleeds.

Count the cost of your calling, find the value of your dream, and most of all find your place in His love.

Grace is that turning point from feeling hopeless to becoming empowered.

Count the cost of everything.Rather than asking someone, "How much does this cost?" Ask yourself, "What is my value?

For too long, unfunded federal mandates have drained the budgets of states and communities. The strength and vitality of our communities must be restored.

there are two kinds of humanity, those who dream and those who don't, and both tend to despise, or to tolerate, the other.

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement.

My friends, God is necessary for me if only because he is the one being who can be loved eternally.

Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

Don't let your feelings be a God to you.

When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows.

Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

One of our deepest needs is to be at home.