We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment. Yet, it is God's will that prevails.

I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want

my love isn't a weapon, it's a lifeline, reach out and take hold, and don't let go!

Love is the way back into Eden. It is the way back to life.

Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.

Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.

Never doubt God in the darkness what he has given us in the light.

I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.

Michael had once read to her how God had cast a man and woman out of paradise. Yet, for all their human faults and failures. God had shown them the way back in.

We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

I believe that at the very root of our humanity is a passion to create value with heart, to work alongside others who care, and to make a difference.

Ignorance is bliss up to the point that it kills you.

If you are reading this, you are still alive, and, therefore, the story is not over. Something else could happen.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

I hate it when you answer a question with a question." "No you dont, you think its charming.

Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion picture is two-dimensional.

To have courage, one must first be afraid. The deeper the fear, the more difficult the climb toward courage.

Weak people can be very stubborn.

Here's the thing: I am not beautiful. I'm pretty. I'll allow that much. Pretty. But I'm not the girl boys long for.

No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have blown the fire, that one wonders he is not by this time become a cinder.