Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

The proof of how real Jesus knew hell to be is that He came to earth to save us from it.

God hasn't given up on you. He can still do great things for you, in you, and through you. God is ready and waiting and able. What about you, and me?

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

I said hello to the poodle.

We lied to ourselves thinking in our minds we knew everything. We were deceived in believing that youthful enthusiasm could replace wizened maturity.

Say you’re beautiful, ” I whispered, stroking her. “I’m beautiful.” “Good, ” I murmured, kissing her jaw then moving south. “Say it again.

When you're young and you play music, you have a peer group, you come out of a scene. There's a lot of people you know, and then you have some success, and it all goes away.

Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered.

I certainly realize that not only do I like the horror genre, but I'm getting really good at it and I'm having a good time making them.

We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.

I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.

And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.