“It is possible to be happy without having perfect health....thank goodness my happiness doesn't come from my joints, but from my heart”

“My life's an open book. Some of the pages are a little ripped, but it's open.”

“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”

“All I know is that the closer I get to God, the deeper I get into the Bible, and the heavier the burden seems on my shoulders.”

“The farther we go from God, the less we know of peace.”

“Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.”

“Yet it seems to me finishing well in this life is not so much about who is the best or greatest at something, but rather who embraces lowliness of heart. Laying down one's rights- meekness- is a blessed virtue, one that must surely come straight from the Throne of Grace.”