When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

It is not light that we need but fire it is not the gentle shower but thunder. We need the storm the whirlwind and the earthquake.

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

IN April 1882 my father died and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful it was such an amazing character to play.