I see that a lot in my own life and in the lives of others.Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God?

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

Sarat smiled at the thought. "You couldn't just let us kill ourselves in peace, could you?""Come now, " said Yousef. "Everyone fights an American war.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

I think this, if Hillary Clinton treats me with respect, I will treat her with respect.

Religion, you know, enters very deep; in reality it is the deepest impression I have in speaking to people, that they are or that they are not of my religion.

It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.

Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them, I saw them perform and they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success.

All I try to do in the press is to be honest about something that I really care about.

We live in an age of mediocrity. Stars today are not the same stature as Bogie [Humphrey Bogart], James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart [James Stewart].

Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception.