We never get so near God as when we plead for others.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

It is so easy to be average. It takes a little something to be special. Why be around average?

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

If you can raise the level of effort and performance in those around you, you are officially a leader.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

The Bible is instruction, it is light, it is the Word of God that predicts future events, warns of dangers and holds us back from falling and getting hurt.

Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.

The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave.

I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents.

To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.

Prayer means dependence on the Lord.

I will get my respect or I will die.

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

Many people go into the wilderness to experience it, and if they experience it in comfort, there's very little in a literary sense for them to write about.