The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

From a personality point of view, you develop judgment, but from the sou's point of view, you develop appreciation.

It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new world.

And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.

Writers tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk.

Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man.

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

Drink deeply from good books.

My wife a great driver, she once hit a deer. It was in a zoo. There is a pair of shoes on the dashboard. They belong to the last guy she hit

Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.

Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year.