Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.

There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years. Doing that job right requires all the intelligence, wisdom, and determination you will be able to muster from day to day.

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of open borders.

I feel God has sent me to Earth to sing. I started singing when I was five, but I don't think I've worked as hard as many other people.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

I had faith that music would be able to take me somewhere. I didn't know where. I just was like, 'Keep having faith, and any doors that open, I'll walk through them and see what happens from there.'

God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.