We are so much more powerful and important than we realize. In each moment that we connect with another, we have the opportunity to etch a memory into their heart.

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

Our focus must be on what we need to change about ourselves-our attitudes, our words, our actions-even if our circumstances and the other people in our lives remain the same.

Not all friendships take a long time to grow and deepen. Some are formed in an instant.

Untested faith was rarely strong. Deep, abiding faith was tempered through fire.

At the end of oneself was the best place to discover the Lord at work.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, enters my life that isn't caused or allowed by God and filtered first through His loving hands for the purpose of making me more like Jesus.

And remember, following Christ is a lifelong journey. Christians are foot soldiers, so to speak. Always learning. Always growing stronger.

We can learn a lot from animals, if we're prepared to accept that they may just know more about life than what we do.

Celebrate Yourself. You are Unique!

In this way he used her as the North Star on a journey where you always want to go south. It was helpful, aligning himself in this way. It gave him something to tune to, like a violin to a piano.

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.

Have we forgotten about the children, and thus forsaken the next generation?

It is my privilege to have introduced House Resolution 1612 honoring the Constitution of the United States, and the freedoms and rights it has given to every American.

I'm proud to represent the average woman.

They say you're nobody til somebody kills you But where I'm from you're nobody til you kill somebody

I go on vacation strictly to relax - to kick back with a good book and do nothing else but read, sleep and eat.