To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

The effective use of time is the best-kept secret of those who have created a successful life and continue to experience it every day

Love is the fragrance of a rose we call humankind.

It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy.

Half the world is wandering, the other half is lost.

For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard. But you also had the counter-culture, the Bay Area. That entire brew came together in Steve Jobs.

When I go and make smaller films, I actually never think about them being made for a smaller audience.

True revival can only be ignited by God, but God will always move through men.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.