The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.

The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.

To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.

God knew my needs and took care accordingly.

I was raised to face any challenge.

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.

(On surviving on the raft for 47 days) We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.

It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.

It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.

Sometimes we don’t have enough faith to do big things, it is immature faith

Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example.

Flowers are the beautiful hairs of the Mother Spring! Don’t pluck them!

If you focus on the flaws of others it takes away from the improvements that you may need to make.

When you touch - don't take. Touch people only when you are giving something - reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever

My favorite sitcom of all time is 'Cheers.' That's a perfect example of how, like, people made fun of Cliff, but you never got the sense that they didn't like Cliff.

Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.

That's why we live by a river. Occasionally, I forget and pat Lit on the back--' 'I hate that.' King Midas & Lit

The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Everyone who lives any semblance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks.