Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.

Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope.

God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.

Those who never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all.

Once we recognize our need for Jesus, then the building of our faith begins. It is a daily, moment-by-moment life of absolute dependence upon Him for everything

The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer

God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.

So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me.

Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.

Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.

The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.

Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.

Be helpful after you think, be smart before you create your own personality and be thoughtful after making friends.

Life is the sum of habits, only occasionally disturbed by a thought.

I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.

There is no top. You are never going to reach the top if you go for success. That way lies madness.

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.

How in heck are they handling their surplus population in Hell these days? Maybe by the time you and I are in the queue there won't be room for us.

I wish I could have built without destroying things.