I cannot, and will not, vote for Senator John McCain, as a matter of conscience.

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.

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Have faith in fate. You don't have a choice.

You don't fight the battles you know you will win, its the ones that everyone says you will lose.

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong as when you find a trout in the milk.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

The poem I want to write is impossible. A stone that floats.

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle.

I always feel I'm getting near to something that's got more to it than I can get hold of.

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.