Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.

Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That's a beautiful image of a father.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience - what they see, hear, think, and believe - will determine the future course for the nation.

The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

When you listen, it's amazing what you can learn. When you act on what you've learned, it's amazing what you can change.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

Forgiveness is not an emotion; it's a choice.

I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place.

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

It's been a long time coming but the reality is that this process is at a crossroads.

I loved the fact that I could get on stage and be in control.

We can never know the origins of the universe. The deepest secrets are the ones that keep themselves.

We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.

All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.