A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.

The nation is only as strong as the collective strength of its individuals.

We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America.

The Declaration of Independence has established certain moral confines, and governs in a manner consistent with the spirit under which our nation was founded: Love God; love thy neighbor as thyself.

While the Japanese droned on in a high-pitched voice, I blinked out the desperate message over and over. TORTURE...TORTURE...

I prayed. God became more than faith. He became knowledge, and I appealed to him. Then I became ashamed. Why hadn't I embraced him so thoroughly before?

Our coin bears the inscription: In God We Trust. And our Bible reassures us: The Lord is just and merciful. With the Lord thence our protector, whom or what shall we fear?

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

Founded on faith in God, the United States has been blessed as no other nation.

Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country, and family long before the Navy got hold of me.

I need someone who can be invisible, who can become a ghost. Do you think you can do that?"I'm already a ghost, she thought. I died in the hold of a slaver ship."i think so.

Desperation makes men fearless

His body tensed as his gut was struck with a frozen bullet of shock. He couldn’t breathe.

I’d waited an eternity for this. I’d have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.

Not what hatches out is the face to the world.

I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement.

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

You'd think the Angel would have been foresighted enough to give us a birth-control rune, but no dice.

Best thing about Al Smith dinner: Cardinal Dolan got the candidates together for a brief prayer before going out on the stage.

Humans crave knowledge, and when that craving ends, we are no longer human.