Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly always given by his father.

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.

The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.

Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.

Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God needs to get a message out to the human race, without which they will perish...foreve r. What's the plan? First, He starts with the most unlikely group ever: a couple of prostitutes, a few fishermen with no better than a second-grade education, a tax collector. Then, he passes the ball to us. Unbelievable.