To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.

Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you are going to respond to life.

If we nurture the dreams of children, the world will be blessed. If we destroy them, the world is doomed!

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.

Nurturing a child’s sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility of every grownup in a child’s life.

If God places a child before you, and you are too busy to wield either a positive or negative influence...you just did the later! You communicated that the child doesn't matter and isn't important.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.

So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to get more of them?

Well married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.

Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything. Be brave enough to dare to be loved.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.

The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.

We're really all alone. We can't ever get inside another person's spirit, and see the world they do. So we are alone in that sense. The only way we have to communicate feelings is through words.

In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.

Motherhood is the greatest thing Ive ever done in my life.

Can you believe our Ash is getting laid? Our baby is growing up. I'm so proud!

The fear's as bad as falling.