There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.

I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Absolute equals nothingness.

I always pretend like I'm nervous no matter what. I try to fall asleep.

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

So far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was, is, and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality.

The spiritual battle, the loss of victory, is always in the thought-world.

At bottom, to be colored means that one has been caught in some utterly unbelievable cosmic joke, a joke so hideous and in such bad taste that it defeats all categories and definitions.

At the heart of the celebration, there are the poor. If [they] are excluded, it is not longer a celebration. [...] A celebration must always be a festival of the poor.

If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.

Every time the rider forgets to regulate the cadence, the horse begins to take control.