a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it and they can't ever take that away from you.

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.

I was very concerned about who was going to take my story and realize it, so I was very particular and spent a lot of time going over things with him, talking about how I wanted it to be told.

In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

A man is saved only by faith ... only by faith.

Not everyone who started with you will finish with you. Be willing to go without them if you have to.

He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.