I thought parenting was going to reveal my strengths, never realizing that God had ordained it to reveal my weaknesses.

We need days of failure because they help humble us, and through them we can see how God's grace is poured out on the humble.

Believe that God is strong enough to save your children, no matter how you fail.

Idolatry, like all sin, is devastating to the soul. It cuts us off from the comforts of grace, the peace of conscience, and the joy that is to be our strength.

The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong enough to make us want to do the right thing.

We are partners with our children because we are just like them, dearly loved sinners.

I did my best parenting by prayer. I began to speak less to the kids and more to God. It was actually quite relaxing.

I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God.

God never encourages self-reliance.

Idolatry is always subject to the law of diminishing returns.

No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity.

There are no trophies for the real victories in life.

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

Be intense, be ready to go, but just enjoy it.

This nation is daring and decent and ready for change.

The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.

I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.

Modernism', as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere.

Listen, just do what you think is right, and we'll support it." ~ Sticky Washington, The Prisoner's Dilemma

I don't like to use the word sacrifice.