Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.

The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.

Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.

Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

For my relationships with men to change, I needed to change my relationship to myself as a woman.

For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

next to it was a dvd called 'as i get laid dying,' which had a hospital scene on the front. it was like grey's anatomy, only with less grey and more anatomy.

Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.

I'll lift up the good work that is happening and hold officers or departments that engage in unconstitutional policing accountable.

If someone doesn't have much use for praising Him now, it's foolish to think they're ready for heaven.

Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.

I have always done what I love myself. My philosophy was that I never had focus groups. I did what I wear.

To play for your country is the best thing that can happen.