I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

Remember it is your choice

I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no.

I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?

And I see that not touching for so long was a drive to the beach with the windows rolled up so the waves feel that much colder.

Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.

By the time I got there, you’d already decided. And I quickly decided to let you decide. You were already seeing the rooms as ours, and that was enough for me.

I look more to the future. That's where my head is at.

In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

To separate tabernacle from altar is to separate two things which by their origin and nature should remain united.

There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.