Real love is when you are completely committed to someone even when they are being completely unlovable.

Show respect to people who don't deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but of yours.

Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.

There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.

Never be too busy for the people you love. Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relationships. Love is what gives meaning to life.

Pray when you feel like worrying. Give thanks when you feel like complaining. Keep going when you feel like quitting.

Always strive to give your spouse the very best of yourself; not what's leftover after you have given your best to everyone else.

A strong marriage requires two people who choose to love each other even on those days when they struggle to like each other.

Every day is beautiful when you're holding hands with your best friend.

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

Don't use social media to impress people; use it to impact people.

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

Ah my deare God! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.

If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.

Whoever prematurely begins a work that is above his strength receives nothing, but only brings harm upon himself.

The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is something in need of musical setting.

I certainly don't take life lightly. To respect the product that you're using, I think, is very important. I think it does connect you a little bit more.

The fruit of your life will be what you believe you are.

86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be realized until their audiences are fully integrated.

Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It's much more of a business - very scientific.

I don't go looking for somewhere to spend my money. You can step on a tube of toothpaste for a week, if you have to. I spend what I need to and give it away.