A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence.

The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart, that man is well-nigh hopeless.

The greatest ability is dependability.

It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.

What you love and what you hate reveal what you are.

Don't ask God to give you a light burden. Ask Him to give you strong shoulders to carry a heavy burden.

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.

It is wonderful when God saves a drunkard which He sometimes does, but it is more wonderful still when God saves little children before they become drunkards, libertines, and degenerates.

No nation has ever prospered or been blessed like the colored people in the South.

If you do not do your God-assigned task, throughout eternity there will be a job that has never been done.

The grace of God makes everything possible.

Sometimes life takes you into a dark place where you feel it's impossible to breathe. You think you've been buried, but don't give up, because if truth be told, you've actually been planted.

It is nice to be important, but it is very important for you to be nice to people

Your lack of attention to detail is why no one is paying attention to you.‪‎Professionalism‬, ‪Communication‬ & Follow Through Builds Real Success.

Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I'm away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.

Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.

I have never met anyone who wasn't against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves.

I don't just want to be successful I want to have fun.

You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.