Nothing but Christian faith gives to the furthest future the solidity and definiteness which it must have if it is to be a breakwater for us against the fluctuating sea of present cares and thoughts.

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

You seriously have a Dalmatian? Is that, like, mandatory for a firefighter?

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.

A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.

In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively.

Almost every aspect of its (Federal Reserve) history should be approached with a discriminating disregard for what is commonly taught or believed.

There is nothing but nonviolence to fall back upon for retaining our freedom, even as we had to do for gaining it.

Lampoon was exactly the opposite. The work was a lot of fun, but the office environment was hell. You cannot put 20 humorists together.

How can I have morning sickness when I don't get up till noon?

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.