Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it.

There are four principles we need to maintain: First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third believe the Word of God. Fourth, act on the Word.

Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.

Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.

A man is in a great place when he has no one to turn to but God.

There is something about believing God that will cause Him to pass over a million people to get to you

There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief.

God wants us so badly that he has made the condition as simple as he possibly could: Only believe.

The devil knows if he can capture your thought life he has won a mighty victory over you.

If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time.

To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

I guess I'm the Black Death,' he said slowly. 'I don't seem to bring people happiness any more.

Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.

Winners see what they want. Losers see what they don't want. Don't let the game eat you; you eat the game.

Mothers-in-law do not make good house pets. Once I had the most wonderful dream -- I dreamed that mothers-in-law cost money and I couldn't afford one.

Fifty per cent of all marriages end in divorce. But look at the bright side: the other 50 per cent end in death.

I shall cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even if my numb hands can no longer feel it.

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

A thousand pieces of gold may hardly bring a moment's happiness, but a small favor can cause a lifetime's gratitude. Too much love can turn to enmity, while aloofness can produce joy.