God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

It is not about never doubting, it is about coming out on the other side with twice the faith you had going into your doubt.

My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.

Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

The cleaner and nicer the program, the faster it's going to run. And if it doesn't, it'll be easy to make it fast.

Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.

Without the ability to visualize a goal and believe it will be reached, nothing of substance will be achieved. Not by anybody. Not at any time. Not in any place.

The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.