Better and sweeter than health, or friends, or money, or fame, or ease, or prosperity, is the adorable will of our God.

God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him

We must take our troubles to the Lord, but we must do more than that, we must leave them there.

For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.

The Bible is a statement, not of theories, but of actual facts... things are not true because they are in the Bible, but they are only in the Bible because they are true.

God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be.

Keep your face upturned to Christ as the flowers do to the sun. Look, and your soul shall live and grow

Put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity, and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God.

The time for universal praise is sure to come some day. Let us begin to do our part now.

This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.

If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!

Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.

I love when things bend out of shape. That's why I love drum and bass music.

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security will show a surplus through 2018 and will not run out of funds until 2042.

Something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope

My dad's intense love for art and music is what drove me to learn music

Other than fiction and poetry I tend to read history.

I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.