There's only one way to become an eagle, and that's to be born an eagle.

Sometimes the Lord allows us to go through tough times so we learn to rely upon Him.

All the seeming "coincidences" .... were actually God catching me in his arms.

God promises to hear and answer our prayers, but he doesn't always answer the way we want him to.

If we praise God when things are tough, we show our trust in Him.

Lord, thank you for the people who care more about me than about their schedules.

The luxury of relaxation ... is part of the healing process.

Jesus...remains in control of my circumstances, no matter the size of the waves.

Help me to get my eyes off my suffering and onto you, God.

What issues sidetrack you from your mission to get well?

The Lord chose to give me back my life, not because I deserved it, but because he had work for me to do.

She'd met Colin on a Monday.She'd kissed him on a Friday.Twelve years later.She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic.

Let the blue of the sky and ocean take your blue away when you feel blue

Hope is something that can never be taken from you unless you allow someone to take it. If you never lose hope, you will never truly be poor.

I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they're unique.

By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.

When you see someone draining you, your being naturally cuts it off. Yet many times you can be manipulated not to see.

It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so.

To me that's a reflection of love, when someone can see you enjoying yourself, and want to participate, or want to encourage, or want to help you to do something that you enjoy.

We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?

Live as if you have faith,” she said, “and faith shall be given to you.