I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour.

The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.

Write your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten.

Faith is like the hand of the beggar that takes the gift while adding nothing to it.

It is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen.

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.

Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God.

The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.

Regardless of how large, your vision is too small.

Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

Nobody's innocent... but that doesn't reset the bar on guilt.

Still, it was vision, or at least vision’s idiot cousin.

She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn't know what a terrible thing it is she's asking for.

I heard a rumor that your mom and dad ran away from home.

I've had quarter horses for the last 18 years.

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

This isn't the first time the world has come to an end, and it won't be the last either.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.

I want my paintings to look like what's going on outside my window rather than what's inside my studio.