If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us!

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love.

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

I've come to realize that life is what you make it.

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.

I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.