Patience includes perseverance—the ability to bear up under weariness, strain, and persecution when doing the work of the Lord.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

Real communication is not possible. That is why my message, your perception and your expression shall never be the same.

Worthless as wither'd weeds.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.

You always have choices no matter what.

Bill Hicks is a huge influence. I love him.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.