You face challenges in your personal life and in your professional life. I continue to be relentlessly optimistic and not focus on the negative.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

I dont love the phrase balancing work and family. It sets up this idea of scales of justice with work on one side and family on the other side.

I have always said 'yes' to opportunities and experiences.

I really enjoy making sure the kids get a healthy dinner, a good bath and several books... I really like to try and end the day with some quality time with my kids. If not, I feel guilty.

As a working mom, I struggle to find time to work out and go for runs. I usually run two to three times a week and work out with a trainer once a week. I try to go for a longer run on Sundays.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

And the memory made her humble

Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.

Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.

It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.

As an overflow of my life - the wake I leave behind with my little dash on earth - I want others to fall in love with Jesus and know of His great hope and purpose for their lives.

Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

The most chaste woman may be the most voluptuous, if she truly loves.