Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended.

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

George W. Bush has a new campaign slogan: "A reformer with results." I don't know what it means [but] I think it's better than his old campaign slogan: "A dumb guy with connections.

You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

The space between the dish and the pitcher, that I paint also.

If you choose to turn your back, you don't really have a say in what goes on behind it.

When I was going into acting, my mom said, "You can't let that faze you. And if it does faze you, if you start getting upset if people say no, that's it - pull the plug."

I'm a working-class kid from a blue-collar New England family.

I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.

Don't ever feel inhibited. It's harder to censor yourself than to just be yourself.