Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

If birth is a manifestation of life, death is another.

Determination goes a long way when pursuing dreams.

The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop when we do.

Love what you do and your heart will lead the rest of the way.

We owe something to extravagance for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Just as a picture is created by adding a dab of paint at a time, the best arrangements are created a step at a time, with pauses so you can step back and see the overall effect.

You can't do it unless you organize.

If I could spend the rest of my life inside one movie it would be The Godfather, because it's the greatest movie ever made.

Real hunger is when one man regards another man as something to eat.