I want you to identify your strengths or talents and to find something about yourself that makes you unique and special and refer to that image each time you find yourself feeling insecure or unsure.

Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.

I understand (finally) that God does not REACT to prayers or petitions. He has ACTED. It is already done.

Why trade definite for a maybe?

Depending on the strength of the relationship, level of communication and one’s tolerance for discord, many people are able to get past normal skirmishes unscathed.

In relationships, everyone makes mistakes. If you are forgiven for yours, don't take it for granted.

Truth be told, many couples spend more time planning the wedding and the honeymoon than they do preparing for the marriage.

Trying to change someone to suit your desires is a setup for disappointment.

No one should gain access to the important areas of your life if you are not absolutely sure they are there for good reason.

No matter how worldly I became, there was always that one part of me that never forgot where I came from and how simple life was there.

Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!

There are times that people can be so blinded by what they want IT to be, that whatever reality they perceieve it SHOULD be, they lose.

All I wanted was a man who could love and who loved me, who I could share my secrets with and know his.

Feel free to listen, feel free to stare.

Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it.

Much of the profession is empirically bankrupt because it is no longer taught economic history.

If you always start with the worst hand, you never have a bad-beat story to tell.

I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out.

Restaurant Man is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.

If the marriage ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.