The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft.

I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'

Kindness like light speaks in the air it gilds.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.

The melting-pot idea is futile ... The brew in a melting pot is always boiling over.

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.

I was born Mary Patterson, but then I married and naturally took my husband's name, so now I'm Neil Patterson.

I do believe in women. I really do.

If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.