We enjoy the fruit of the first coming but anticipate the glory of the second.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

Blessing others is easy when done through love

. . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs.

The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind.

I like people with weak will and bad taste.It feels like anything is possible.

The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror.

As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey.

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

Discipline is a choice. It's simply consistently choosing the hard right over the easy wrong.

You don't write a book to show off.

What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.