In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all.

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.

Remember to afford yourselfthe same generosityyou give to others.

Man can live about forty days without food about three days without water about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope.

The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious.

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.

I will jump into the river to save two brothers or eight cousins.

The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two.

Why fly like a hen when you can soar like an eagle?

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.