Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the Kingdom.

Why should I fear? I am on a Royal Mission. I am in the service of the King of kings.

Lord, the task is impossible for me but not for Thee. Lead the way and I will follow.

Christ never was in a hurry. There was no rushing forward, no anticipating, no fretting over what might be. Each day's duties were done as each day brought them, and the rest was left with God.

When you think of the woman's power, you forget the power of the woman's God. I shall go on.

Blessed the man and woman who is able to serve cheerfully in the second rank - a big test.

Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results.

If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, wherever you are.

The secret of all failure is disobedience.

Oh Lord, I thank Thee that I can bring these people Thy Word. But Lord, there are other villages back in the jungle where no white man has gone. They need Jesus, too. Help me reach them!

If you play with temptation do not expect God will deliver you

The restless spirit never loses its wings. If sometimes it cannot fly, it is because during those moments the sky vanishes.

Go on Louis, jump up, ” I’d say every day for the first three months. From the vacant look on his face, I may as well have asked him to solve a Rubik cube puzzle.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.

I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.

I think I'm what they call a never-was.

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?

Being in a room with other people's energy yields such a different result. I love writing by myself still, but there's something amazing about sharing that experience with someone else.

straightway like a bell Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas

There's a darkness that everyone must face, it wants to take what's good and fair and lay it all to waste. And that darkness covers everything in sight, until it meets a single point of light.