His muscles flexed under his clothes, holding me, leading me. Never letting me stray far.

I think we have to choose, what are the issues that really matter? We have to trust that.

It was unwise to plan too carefully. It took only one great failure to learn that lesson.

No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.

It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.

whatever judgment we make is a subjective one we're making now, and that it could change.

Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors.

From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.

To dig one's own spade into one's own earth! Has life anything better to offer than this?

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

Organizational culture begins in HR. This means to hire for attitude and train for skill.

The role of any exceptional facilitator or consultant is to work themselves out of a job.

Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: "Open Bar."

Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?

A culture of honor is celebrating who a person is without stumbling over who they're not.

Many Christians miss out on God encounters because they are satisfied with good theology.

Our mandate is simple: raise up a generation that can openly display the raw power of God

Responding to truth will keep you safe. Reacting to error will only create another error.

Permaculture challenges what we're doing and thinking - and to that extent it's sedition.

Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it.

I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.

If you make the opportunity. you'll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.

Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.

I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.

There's something so magnificent about you. And as you love yourself, you'll love others.

Most of what we acquire materially is found to not be worth what we must pay spiritually.

The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.

Shame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.

Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

It's a truism in technological development that no silver lining comes without its cloud.

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.

If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Women do not need a knight in shining armor or a Prince Charming to come to their rescue.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.

If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

Write. Write. Write. Learn how to revise. No story is perfect straight from the keyboard.

Lying on the front passenger seat, as if it didn't matter, was Rose's Diary. It Mattered.

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

When your life begins to harm you, know that you have taken a detour from your true path.

Follow your pain as if it were a candle in the night, leading you to a place of decision.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

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