When we talk about the decline of the American family, I think we have to go back to the Industrial Revolution.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Lord, make me nowAs happy as the field.With flowers enriched...

Real mental toughness is about being conscious of your behavior patterns and from this knowledge, you are able to turn your life around.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

I think of Alan Thicke as Perry Como without the excitement.

If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties you may get into.

Good bones are important, so it is wise to go slowly and get your plan right before launching into a vital project.

I sort of fell out of new music. I'm old, I like what I like, and that's that.

That's what happens when bodies start slapping.