Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.

Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.

God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever.

Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.

Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also...the difficulties that are in our way.

The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.

Love could be passionate, compassionate, and kind. Love could be physical, spiritual, or eternal.

musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

No people ever rise higher, as a people, than the point to which they elevate their women.

I'm feeling better than expected.

I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.

One cannot actualize his goals until he visualizes them clearly in the minds eye

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.

The one thing about me is, I don't care what people think. It all starts with yourself. I believe in myself. I love myself. So it's kind of like, they can shove it up their you - know - whats.