There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible.
I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.
In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.
I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. It's always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded.
The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.
Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.
We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.
Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.
Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.
It is always too soon to quit.
There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.