Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Afghanistan changed him, but Iraq sculpted him.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Humanity is mind-controlled and only slightly more conscious than your average zombie.

Violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect

Bye, Tess. haunt me if you like. I don't mind.

Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.

Children's games are stronger than you remember once you've grown up and left them behind. They're always fair, and never kind.

I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style when you're in the middle of putting your work together.