“ The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity. ”

“ Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. ”

“ But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. ”

“ Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times. ”

“ The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes. ”

“ I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye. ”

“ Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning. ”

“ Somebody who has been in a very bad wreck is going to be very conscientious about not speeding through a yellow light... You just learn so many good lessons when you go through a failed marriage. ”

“ Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of. ”

“ Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others. ”