A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

There is no quick fix-all procedure to heal your insecurities. Like any relationship, the relationship with yourself must be built and re-built one kind, loving conversation at a time.

Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams.

You cannot penalize a man for one slip. Then she lay wondering about the word slip. When you slip, you fall, but maybe it is not such a sore fall because you have slipped.

Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart.

The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations.

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

It is the job of each artist to believe in the possibility of meaningful, substantial, and sustainable change.

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.

I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.