People could connect with me... I think the appeal was that, "Here he is, he's just a normal guy like us, and he's giving it his all".

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.

I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he'd printed. He said "I'll just print another ten.

Christ birth is the beginning of love for mankind.

I decide to put love in everything I do from this day forward. With every fold of laundry, every push of the grocery cart, every stir of a pot, and every word spoken, I will emanate love.

Now faith is the turning of dreams into deeds. It is betting your life on the unseen realities

As soon as you think you can do whatever you want and you have whatever great professional in the world waiting to work with you, then you are sunk.

Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.

We should throw the Epistle of James out of this school.

People call me a bedroom electronic musician, which I suppose I am. But I hate most electronic music; I find it really boring.

Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.