[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.

God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.

When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.

Dream a dream so big that unless God intervenes it will fail.

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me.

There are three stages in the work of God: impossible, difficult,done.

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.

To quench my longing I bent me low By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow In that magical wood in the land of sleep.

Is there anything in life so disenchanting as attainment?

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

NATO is obsolete, because it's not taking care of terror.

I'd rather be over the hill than under it.

When a woman didn't enjoy it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait until the sun comes out, requests breakfast and taxi money.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And I'm more looking with hope for something fascinating.

I like seeing how people have succeeded when others would have presumed they would have failed, and others just go along with whatever everyone else does.

I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.