Modesty is the key to success

For when I am powerless, it is then that I am strong.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart.

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.

God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

We walk by faith, not by sight.

I like to read fairytales. They make my imagination go wild, and I wander in fairyland.

She allowed history to leave her without trying to hold it back, the way children allow a grand parade to pass, holding it in their memory, making it an unforgettable thing, making it their own

The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the opposite.

Spiritual principles do not change, but we do.

Often, failure is success trying to be born in a bigger way, and persistence helps you to experience that greater result.

We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know.

Avoid kneeling in unheated stone churches. Ecclesiastical dampness causes prematurely grey hair.

Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.