God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.

God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters.

There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

If you are apostles at all, you are apostles, not of men, nor by man. Your sufficiency is of God.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?

Thoughts of harmony allow experiences of harmony.

I am Tersa the Weaver, Tersa the Liar, Tersa the Fool.

I think it’s odd how it’s mirrored my life so much.

Guys are just too fast and too big in the NFL.

Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.

If you have a lot of textural stuff happening in music you get called shoegaze, or whatever, and then it becomes about the sound and not about the songs.

My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.