Matthew Quotes

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

When you stand still, you reject the struggle, and you refuse to change and grow. Ultimately, you reject fulfillment, happiness, the dance for joy and everything else that is eternally good.

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."

I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get canceled really early on. I liked 'Twin Peaks.' If I had a time machine I'd be in that.

I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting.

To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.

Every hero doesn't do this great big hero thing. They do the simple thing over and over... and they stick to it.

Tiffany and I are great friends, and I appreciate all that she is doing for me now. But she is not you. I still love you, Nikki. And you can’t control or alter true love.

France has given us the best filmmakers and food.

Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.

Let the long contention cease! / Geese are swans, and swans are geese.

We have a cunning adversary, who watches to do mischief, and will promote errors, even by the words of scripture.

I've seen God. He bats at No. 4 for India in tests

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman.

Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.

The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.

The grand stye arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.

Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don't really want balance. We want satisfaction.

You never increase in anything you resent.

God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.

A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global dimensions.

I do not know what I regret. I sit with my pen, and cannot find an end to that sentence.

All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science.

None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.

When you're in love with the work, the energy comes more naturally. You want to wake up in the morning to write more material, or to go on stage and give every shred of emotion you have.

I like the idea of characters without shame, who hold nothing back.

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.

For me style has something to do with your inner attitude towards clothes and the awareness what sits well on yourself.

My favorite dish is cleaning out the fridge on Sunday night and improvising a great medley.

When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.

Give me open hands and open doors.

I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked.

We best oppose error by promoting a solid knowledge of the word of truth, and the greatest kindness we can do to children, is to make them early to know the Bible.

Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.

We've finished our debut album which has 14 tracks. We're very proud of the release and can't wait for people to hear it.

I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.

Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.

How does Usain Bolt know you? You're just my soccer coach.

Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

What you think means more than anything else in your life.

The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness ; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience .

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

Take a second look, you might have not seen it all.