There is nothing a natural man hates more than prayer.

A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.

Remember, you are not a tree, that can live or stand alone. You are only a branch. And it is only while you abide in Christ, as the branch in the vine, that you will flourish or even live.

Most of God's people are contented to be saved from the hell that is without; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.

A man cannot be a faithful minister, until he preaches Christ for Christs sake - until he gives up striving to attract people to himself and seeks only to attract them to Christ.

If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.

It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.

If Christ justifies you, He will sanctify you! He will not save you and leave you in your sins.

For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.

Learn that urgency in prayer does not so much consist in vehement pleading, as in vehement believing. He that believes most the love and power of Jesus will obtain the most in prayer.

The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God.

A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.", Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]

Whether Jesus calms the storm or calms us in the storm, His love is the same, and His grace is enough.

To change, you need to accept your past and deny to be challenged and overcome by your future.

I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.

You can blame circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart.

What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.

It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

Poverty, many can endure with dignity. Success, how few can carry off, even with decency and without baring their innermost infirmities before the public gaze!