Faithfulness in little things will prepare you for greater tasks from God.

Faith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles.

Christ alone makes possible everything you are as a Christian.

The Word of God is your best defence against the troubles of this world.

True joy comes from knowing Christ personally and from depending on His strength rather than your own.

Trails are used by God to teach you humility and dependence on His grace rather than your own strength.

Scripture, empowered by God’s Spirit, is the instrument that brings people to salvation.

Whatever is true about your heart will show up in your actions.

Don’t let your personal desires distort the standards established in God’s Word.

What you think to be a tragedy id God’s opportunity to show Himself faithful.

The best stories are about a character who has a goal or noble quest and goes through hell to get it. Do you have a goal or quest like that in real life? Why not?

Expect nothing for no more heartbrakes.

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

God is able to place stars in their sockets & suspend sky like a curtain; surely He is mighty enough to light your path.

I am at a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production values of this book with the breathtaking inanity of the content.

Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness.

I've given lots of people chances. But there's only so much faith you can have in people.

I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.

Mine eyes are full of tears, my heart of grief.