The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution—for it is Christ’s body on earth.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

An example is the best inspiration for a young mind.

Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.

I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.

I always tell people that I was fortunate I was able to come in with a group of men. We didn't come into the game with a group of boys. We were young then. So your cats keep you in check.

What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

Being human, we can only receive infinite truth in finite doses

She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton.'

Taste your legs, sire: put them into motion.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.