To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

When God lays a burden on our hearts and thus keeps us praying, He obviously intends to grant the answer.

Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.

Once the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it.

Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.

There is no conceivable situation in which it is not safe to trust God.

Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything.

Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.

A great deal more failure is the result of an excess of caution than of bold experimentation with new ideas. The frontiers of the Kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

It's political, sir. Apparently he wants a return to the values and traditions that made the city great, sir." "Does he _know_ what those values and traditions _were_?" said Vimes, aghast.

Rule 2: Genuine confidence is not the absence of fear

September 8Today I pray for the knowledge of God’s will for me and then follow my inner guidance. I choose to make my thoughts and actions align with peace and love.

Best friend my well-spring in the wilderness!

Happiness hates the timid!

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know

Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.

Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.

Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign policy: We're better than you; Do it our way.