The Facts of Life Quotes

“Shyness was a defense mechanism I had put up as a small child. Who knows why, but I felt safer keeping to myself than risk getting hurt by other people and I kept up that shield for years.”
― Lisa Whelchel, The Facts of Life: And Other Lessons My Father Taught Me

“Before I ever made it “official” by saying a prayer or walking down the aisle or kneeling at an altar, I was on fire for the Lord.”
― Lisa Whelchel, The Facts of Life: And Other Lessons My Father Taught Me

“I don’t know how to explain it, but even at the tender age of 10, I knew that I had found my heart’s home. As my Sunday school teacher taught me about Jesus’ love for me, I began to fall in love with Him.”
― Lisa Whelchel, The Facts of Life: And Other Lessons My Father Taught Me

“You see, although my parents had both been saved as teenagers and loved the Lord, we didn’t attend church regularly.”
― Lisa Whelchel, The Facts of Life: And Other Lessons My Father Taught Me

“My father, too, sacrificed more than I will ever know. As a little girl, I simply adored him and now that I’m grown, I still have to have my weekly “daddy fix.” If you passed me on the freeway on any given weekend, you’d see me taking advantage of my free weekend minutes to talk to him on my cell phone.”
― Lisa Whelchel, The Facts of Life: And Other Lessons My Father Taught Me

“I was “adopted” by my heavenly Father when I was 10 years old. From the day I took His hand as Lord and Savior 28 years ago, He has held on to me for dear life and I can’t imagine a dearer life than the one I’ve lived as His child.”
― Lisa Whelchel, The Facts of Life: And Other Lessons My Father Taught Me