God not only wants to break the outer man...He wants our spirit and our soul...our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.

I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.

Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.

God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever.

Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.

Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also...the difficulties that are in our way.

The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.

Definitions create conditions.

Writers are a product of where we come from but by looking at alternatives to the culture in which we live, we can find ways to change and hopefully improve it.

In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a brilliant coup.

It wasn't until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write "All Falls Down" in 15 minutes.

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.

Children who know they are loved, know they have a purpose, and know they have a hope are prepared for anything this world wants to dish up.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.