My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.

Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies.

Unbelief is infectious! The unbelief of one strengthens the unbelief of another, just as the faith of one strengthens the faith of another.

Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits.

There was that sense of abandoning the familiar for the unknown that characterizes all journeys made for the first time.

A very disturbing feature of overconfidence is that it often appears to be poorly associated with knowledge - that is, the more ignorant the individual, the more confident he or she might be.

We have story-makers and we have writers apparently most of the today's writing falls into the first category.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

[O]ne man's vulgarity is another's lyric.

If I don't get murdered/Rob or have troubles/problems... somebody else should have them. This is called "Ballance".

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .