Temptations in the life of faith are not accidents; each temptation is part of a plan, a step in the progress of faith.

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.

The acquisition of knowledge has become too intimidating a prospect for them, so they shun it in favour of faith.

Once you have life, there exists a hope.

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.

All was glorious - a cloudless sky above, a most delicious view around. . . . How great is our good fortune! I care not what may be the condition of the earth; it is the sky that is for me now.

Most of all, Creation must be protected for its own sake, even if we currently assign no value or an incorrect value to it.

Movements are overrated and invented by the press. Ask any artist if they feel or felt part of a movement - the good ones will all say no.

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.

Capitalism involves struggle, but it has an invisible heart beating at its core that transforms people's lives.

A lot of people have pretty little heads, but it's difficult to find a pretty little mind.