A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while; so a truth which is the subject of meditation.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.

After a storm comes a calm.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

I don’t want you to be a people-pleaser

I did everything I could to win every time I was handed the ball.

Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.

Today's innovation is tomorrow's tradition.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.

Sometimes it's what you don't say that counts.

Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury.