The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.

The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.

To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.

God knew my needs and took care accordingly.

The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.

I was raised to face any challenge.

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

(On surviving on the raft for 47 days) We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.

It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.

But if I'm useless only because I haven't been properly educated, is that my fault?

winners see the gain

We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.

One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin was within.

It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing-room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home.

Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

In production, in the first couple of weeks of production, that it was more like making an internet musical.

Those who have safe and secure jobs pay more taxes than those who own the business that provides the jobs

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.