The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end.

Even a little practical working familiarity with cattle goes a long way in Africa, but how many international relations studies include this?

The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.

Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

The Lord continues to empty us in order to teach us to lay aside all self-reliance, that we may cling to Christ alone.

I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.

The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me to go into the world to love others in the same way.