Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them.

The process of re-writing and writing and re-writing means that you may have a brilliant phrase, but over time it distills and distorts and changes.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is

I can always remember the dances, even from shows I did 40 years ago.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

Movies are movies. Some bend light through a lens. Some create moving images virtually. At the end of the day, movies are movies.

Knowledge of life brings confidence, and Knowledge of death makes you fearless and centred.