Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.

Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings

Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.

Sing me a love song in a slow, southern drawl to the tune of sunny days...

Nay, he needs a woman, not a girl. And Laoghaire will be a girl when she’s fifty.

Take time to deliberate but when the time for action arrives stop thinking and go in.

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.

Because for that day, I really did become Lulu. Maybe not from the film or the real Louise Brooks, but my own idea of what Lulu represented. Freedom. Daring. Adventure. Saying yes.

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

Any types of auditions will be posted in trade magazines.

There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.

As I lay me down to sleep, this I pray. That you will hold me, dear. Though I'm far away, I whisper your name into the sky. And I will wake up happy.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.