I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.

Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world

Love is to feel your breath.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

From its inception by Michael Bennett, 'Dreamgirls' has always been an epic story with an ensemble cast. I didn't change that. The screen version remains, really, a group story.

I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.

Through play, we renew contact with childhood – My art is childlike.

If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.

[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.