A general is powerless without an army.An army is directionless without a general.To win battles a general and an army need each other.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

Abraham Lincoln is resolute, honest, has the best interest of the nation at heart, and he's as ugly as homemade Sunday sin, so he is modest, too. I'd vote for that in an undead heartbeat.

As a bit of loner, prone to melancholy, with a questionable sexuality, I found great solace in the words of-Dylan, Joni, John Prine and Leonard Cohen. The darker the better.

If I don't let God deal with my bentness, I will go the way of my bentness. But Jesus can straighten me out.

All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority.

One of the many possible divisions of human beings is into those who make and those who use.

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

Dismiss whatever insults your soul.