Faint hearts are encouraged when they read about others who, despite amputation, spinal cord injury, or psychiatric disorders have a vibrant trust and confidence in God.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.

I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

How sad. How frightening. To be filled with so much hate that you could not even rejoice in the healing of a child...How did anyone ever come to that point?

A person who has 'tidied up' has both the words and a tidy area to show for it. It is much harder to find a word that describes the giving-up-things mode of attention a mother is giving to her baby.

A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.

The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

Imagination is the greatest nation in the world!

I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work - just with another baby in tow.

Farewell is a beautiful and a soft word and yet it is a horrible and a heavy thing too!

The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.