Raising your children to love and serve Jesus is fulfilling one of God’s highest callings upon your life.

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.

We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold themselves into shapes to make themselves likeable.

You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.

What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences.

I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!

Uncool is a cool resting place. The pressure's off me.

I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person.

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

I love doing theater. That's where my home is.

You see people on the street yelling and think they're crazy, but maybe they're just happy and expressing what they feel at all times.