The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.

The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.

Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.

Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

I hope the Son is shining on you today.

They call what we went through a problem, an experience, a dream… but we know that it’s much more than that.

We start off confused and end up confused on a higher level.

Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies.

The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched.

I begged my mom for a beat machine, she spent a crazy amount of money - so there were no more Christmases, no more basketball camps, no more birthday gifts. I always knew that's what I wanted to do.

So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed.

The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human element]