In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
Lawmakers in both political parties have often acceded to unions' requests to avoid political confrontations or to curry favor. They have pushed difficult choices into the future.
We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.
Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.
I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.
I don't have this weird, natural funny bone that constantly comes out. It's not like my every instinct is to be funny, and I'm always having to dampen that down.
I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.
It is tragic that some Christians have been so battered with stories of a prideful, vindictive God that they have fled from Jesus' fold.
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.
To have all your life's work and to have them along the wall, it's like walking in with no clothes on. It's terrible.
I like showing moms what it's really like having a baby, and how it's not Hollywood life.
I've waited my whole life to be able to have body hair - but I never thought I'd have back hair. But what are you going to do, right?
The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible.
Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.
I have always done things that made me happy. I work with people I like, and I do the job I like. I only see people who I like to be with. I have led a wonderful life.
