Model the qualities that you want your children to show to each other.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

There is no escape if love is not there

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Dialogue teaches you to listen through your emotions, not to become distracted or distanced from the truth because of them.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don't postpone your dreams.

Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.

I think people are just intrigued with the supernatural. I mean, I know that I am. It's something that I find very interesting.

Movies are more likely than literature to reach deep feelings in people.

Teach your children gratefulness. Do all you can to deliver them from our culture's poisonous entitlement mentality.

Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you ... political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.

Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know