The kingdom of heaven was never intended to indulge the ease of triflers, but to the rest of them that labor.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.

After a storm comes a calm.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

You're under arrest for multiple counts of murder. You have the right to not much at all, really. Do you have anything to say in your defense?

We are with ourselves 24/7, so we should try to treat ourselves with the most kindness, love and respect.

It's always easier to take something than work for it...

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the torrents meet.

As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.

What shelter to grow ripe is ours? What leisure to grow wise?

Trust is a fragile thing - difficult to build, easy to break. It cannot be bargained for. Only if it is freely given it can be expected in return

I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.