The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.

God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.

It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.

O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.

My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.

The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school.

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

As far as the country is concerned, we have tremendous potential, but we're not using it.

Difference is always the biggest challenge for humans. That's why we do enjoy reading or watching movies or watching TV. It's a personal challenge to get close to people that we never get close to.

I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it.

The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

When those types of situations[like abuse] begin to occur in your life - I had bought in from a very early age that fundamentally something must be wrong with me.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.

The best artists transcend nationality and identity.

A person who wholly follows the Lord is one who believes that the promises of God are trustworthy, that He is with His people, and that they are well able to overcome.