The way to worry about nothing is to pray about everything.

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.

I am unique...I play by a different set of rules I am not intimidated by anything.

I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it

He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.

Marriage is when two people love each other so much that they promise that if they ever, ever stop they'll fill out tons of paperwork.

Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.

The hero, in living her own life, in being true to herself; radiates a light by which others may see their own way.

You chose love like a belief, a faith, a place, a box for one's heart to knock against like a spook in the house.

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country.

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day.' If you don't think that's important, you don't know what's inside an athlete's soul.