Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Anybody who tries to change society without first examining the family, is trying to push a shadow without moving a statue.

You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

I don't know what takes more courage: surviving a lifelong endurance test because you once made a promise or breaking free, disrupting all your world.

I'm always trying to make the music sexier with every album, every tour. I just try to inch my way toward just a little sexier. I know it's tough for me.

Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!

Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head; Secondly, I shall be dead: Lastly, safely buryed.

Infinite mercy flows continually But you're asleep and can't see it.

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.