If you try to use Christ as a solution to your problems, it will not work. You have to serve Him in order for Him to serve you.

There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile.

That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.

How could you tell children they were playing with fire if they´d never had the experience of being burned?

The righteous ones are always exhausting to have around.

You've written three lines" "Three carefully considered lines,"Xavier objected. "Quality over quantity, remember

Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

...nothing is permanent. Everything and everyone you know can change at any moment. That's how I see things now - except for you. You're the one constant in my life.

Sometimes it's the little things that count most.

Never love that which you cannot keep.

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

Employees are usually motivated to stay or leave due to their managers.

For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.

In an instant, everything in the room came alive. Like the sunshine had a melody and the sounds of footsteps had a texture I could feel in my fingertips each time anyone moved

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.

When (Rube) Waddell had control and some sleep, he was unbeatable.

What I admire most are people who put themselves directly on the line.

Bible texts are best read with a pair of glasses made out of today's newspaper.

Value, whether the result of massed lines, broad strokes, or washes, is the necessary and only tool for modelling form with light.

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.