I think the only fear that I have in getting married is what if I'm not enough or what if I'm not prepared enough, because I'm the kind of person that likes to be prepared.

God does not want us to be living in the past, in shame, in fear, or in the future, in worry. He wants us to be living in the present, in now, with Him.

I always knew that God's way was the best, that I wanted to wait, and that I valued purity.

Don't worry about your life cause if you hold it too close you lose it.

I don't think courting and dating is a liability. I actually think it can be a blessing.

I dreamed of being very attracted to my future husband, and I'm extremely attracted to him. I dreamed of having lots of fun together and being able to be goofy and be accepted, that's all there.

Marriage to me means unity, it means strength because I believe that both people can be stronger in their calling because of each other.

Until you find something worth dying for, you're not really living.

I think it takes a truly strong man to cherish a woman.

I cry out from the ashes, burned with sin and shame. I ask you Lord to make me whole again.

Really with marriage, from what I've heard about from different friends that are married, you can't entirely be prepared. There are things you can only learn in marriage.

Quiet, ” she hissed at me, her voice shockingly aggressive for such a small person. “Otherwise, I’ll shut you up myself.

The height of human achievement and glory, Muhammad.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.

I worry about images. Images are what things mean.

Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism... for testing your thoughts against the universe.

If I said 'Fall down', he's gonna fall down. I'm still his father.

What you have despised in yourself as a thorn opens into a rose.

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.