If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies and not be the biggest pygmy that he can?

You must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in possession of the good you desire.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

To seek solitude like a wild animal. That is my only ambition.

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry

I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am.

They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.

Captain Phillips is a knockout.

Be ashamed to die until you have done something good for mankind.