It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

Take away the pomp and circumstance, at the end of the day, only eternal things will be truly celebrated.

Do not allow criticism to stop you from living your best.

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.

One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised with a complete stranger.

Interdependency follows independence.

Bella, can you drop the rock, please? Carefully. Don’t hurt yourself.

Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin' hymns is a great thing to do.