Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.

Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us.

Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

There is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defea

God desires that Christians would avoid repeating the disobedient mistakes of the Israelites.

The only cowards are sinners fighting the fight is all.

I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays & Today) together.

Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it.

I'm about being funny. If I can make a joke using profanity, I will. But for the most part, that can get awfully old and boring.

Most prisons have wide gates!

Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.