If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.

I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.

Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.

I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm going to do? Sit down and cry?

The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.

How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

The cynicism of utter solitude is a calvary relieved by insolence.

Of all the lessons my parents taught me, GIVING was the best

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.

Patience is eternal genius

Jamie Kilstein is amazing and I will be spreading the word. He has the spark that energized my conscience. We need more comedians kicking it hard the way he does every night

I know the books that I need to help me to be wiser than my years and be kinder and more compassionate and more patient than I really am.

A university is not, thank heavens, a place for vocational instruction, it has nothing to do with training for a working life and career, it is a place for education, something quite different.

We don't wish for the easy stuff. We wish for big things. Things that are ambitious, out of reach.

I speak the password primeval; I give the sign of democracy.