Run, John, and work, the law commands, Yet give me neither feet nor hand.Much better new the Gospel brings:It bids me fly and gives me winds.

Make me like a little child, Simple, teachable, and mild; Seeing only in Thy light; Walking only in Thy might!

A Christian never falls asleep in the fire or in the water, but grows drowsy in the sunshine.

Avoid all controversy in preaching, talking, or writing; preach nothing down but the devil, and nothing up but Jesus Christ.

All decays begin in the closet; no heart thrives with out much secret converse with God, and nothing will make amends for the want of it.

No heart thrives without much secret converse with God and nothing will make amends for the want of it.

I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.

The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.

I keep defying the odds, you know.

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

My work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written. And precisely this second part is the important one.

I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for

I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.