A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

The love of money, not money, is root of all evil.

The answer to having a better life is not about getting a better life, it's just about changing how we see the one we have right now.

I'd like to apologise to the British people for the state our politics is in.

For twenty years I have ached to go back home, when there was nobody there to whom I could return.

What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds.

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

I'm inspired to keep on when people like what I do.

Don't try to make me consistent. I am learning all the time.

A blunt blade is more dangerous than a sharp one

Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging