Spiritual leaders are not made by man, nor any combination of men. Neither conferences, nor synods, nor councils can make them, but only God.

The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of agony.

All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet.

In God's school we learn through the heart rather than through the head, and by faith rather than logic.

Truly, we have much to thank God for, but if we would be thankful, we must set our hearts to do it with a will. We grumble and complain without thought, but we must think to give thanks.

There was nothing dark and hidden about Jesus. He was and is the Light of the world, and He welcomed the light.

Love may be blind, but lust is just damn stupid.

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.

Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.

First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

Do not be reactive and vengeful and if you look deeply into your anguish, you will see that it is the anguish of our wounded collective soul.

You look at the fact that for millions of years species on earth have been developing and we've been knocking them off at like a hundred a day.

Keep your mind going in the right direction, and your life will catch up with it.

The dry knowledge of the three R's is not even now, it can never be, a permanent part of the villagers' life.

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.