The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

A woman's health is her capital.

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not of God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident.

I'm here now because of my faith. That's what got me singing and what has kept me singing. That is what I have: what has kept me doing right and has provided me with the chances and the attitude and the skills to do this.

When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.