Perhaps this is what it was all about. Leaning on God when life made no sense, as well as when the answers seem clear.

Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.

you cannot let the pain of the past destroy the happiness of the future.

love isn't about living in fear. It's not about controlling the hearts of those around you. It is patient and kind. It endures and believes the very best. It never gives up.

Just remember, forgiveness is a way of setting yourself free of the bondage put on you by others. There is liberty to he had in it.

Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.

My ma always told me that when I found things were too hard to figure out, I could probably bet that I hadn't prayed on it first.

Sometimes, my books start with a scene I see in my mind, such as a woman in a wedding dress running away from her wedding like in 'Embers of Love.' Sometimes, a book can start with a character.

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.

We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age.

I help others because I can, not because I expect something in return.

A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the ‘utopia’ we are living in is boring.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.