A man is not saved because he believes in Christ, he believes in Christ because he is saved.

To assume that His plan fails and that he strives to no effect is to reduce Him to the level of His creatures and make Him no God at all.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me.

She lit wildfires inside my soul and fanned them with hurricanes.

Money doesn't make the things you need. People do.

Soaring is in stages, it progresses as you engage in the very art.

the pain of losing a dollar is far more powerful than the pleasure of winning a dollar.

A tree can be tempted out of its winter dormancy by a few hours of southerly sun—the readiness to believe in spring is stronger than sleep or sanity.

I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

I am me. I have to define myself. I'm going to stand up at the back of the train and take control of my future.

Did you feel guilty cursing God--you, of all people?' No,' he said. 'Because even in doing so, I was recognizing there was a greater power than me.' He paused. And that is how I began to heal.