You need a relationship with Jesus, and I had never heard that before. So when my mom told me about that, I said, "Okay, let me try this." And so I did.

Immerse yourself in the Word of God and what He has to say and get your eyes and your emotions, as hard as that might be, get them off the situation and turn to Him.

If you allow yourself to get bothered by the change, then you're not stable. But God is so stable, and if you keep yourself in Him, that stability is going to come off on you, too.

Not everything in my life has been pretty.

I came into an environment that was already grounded spiritually, so that helped me a lot.

I come from a huge family. I am used to taking orders and being told what to do and not having an opinion, but I think that what I've gone through made me really sensitive to other people.

I hope that I'm able to help people when they're going through things, even if it's just to listen.

Pray that I would keep my focus on the Lord, no matter what.

I can stand what I know. It's what I don't know that frightens me.

Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility?

Israel means war and destruction and we Americans are behind this war and I am ashamed of being American.

The response of teenagers to their idols is relevant. As an audience, they enjoy themselves, not by screaming with laughter, but screaming with screams.

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way.

I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.

Commodity exchanges have a lot of advantages. One, you are helping transparency. Two, they are not political. It's institutional building. It can survive any environment, in theory.

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