Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away paradise. Therefore in all temptations consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.

There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It's a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it.

It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.

It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell.

Times are bad, God is good.

Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

God knows we have nothing of ourselves, therefore in the covenant of grace he requires no more than he gives, but gives what he requires, and accepts what he gives.

God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the world to condemn them, that they may not love the world, the world hates them.

Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.

Faith has wings.

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.

Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it.

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.

Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.

The quality of our journalism will make or break our industry, not the recession.

We can't change the past, but we can look to the future, and we can - we can hold ourselves accountable, to our - not just to our - our children but to all aspects of the - the world we interact with

The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.

Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.