Being in Christ, and united to Him, is the fundamental constitution of a Christian.

Judas heard all Christ's sermons.

Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.

If I were to go to heaven, and find that Christ was not there, I would leave immediately; for heaven without Christ would be hell to me.

Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and won with thanks.

Oh despise not election! therein lies all your hope, that there is a remnant who shall infallibly be saved.

In Christ are treasures that will require digging to the end of the world.

What is the cause of all God's purposes towards us? Himself. There is no other cause.

Glory in nothing, but only in this, that you are in Christ. For God chose you in him; the being you had was in him before the world was.

The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included by God within the covenant of grace.

When God will have any great matters done, he sets his people's hearts to work at prayer by a kind of gracious instinct. He stirs them up and moves their hearts by the influence of his Holy Spirit.

Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.

Thanks be to God, not--only for 'rivers of endless joys above, but for 'rills of comfort here below.'

You have to live your story before being able to write your story.

To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.

The young people have read my book. Now I have no chance.

Creativity is no excuse for obnoxious behavior

As the art world changes, artists have more and more responsibility. You don't have a lot of luxury to be super secluded.

I'm sure that I'll never have another success like Harry Potter for the rest of my life, no matter how many books I write, and no matter whether they're good or bad.

People need service - great service where music is concerned.

I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantaloupe, there is so little information in my face, but my heart is beating.