The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.

I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.

Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.

I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm going to do? Sit down and cry?

The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.

How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

Like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.

Faith is the womb in which all worthwhile and spectacular things have ever been born.

Had I learned to fiddle I should have done nothing else.

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

Every country in the world now needs to have its veterinary services on high alert for H5N1 to be sure they are not caught unawares.

It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.

I write music with an exclamation point!

It was important to keep moving. Certain struggles continued. Others had to be brought to a close. The wisdom was in deciding which.