“I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.”

“Educating the heartis the critical complement to educating the mind.”

“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.”

“churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that sourround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply.”

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”

“At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.”

“In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.”