Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity.

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do.

People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.

I’m not a Christian because I’m strong and have it all together. I’m a Christian because I’m weak and admit I need a Savior.

If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game.

Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be grateful the thorn bush has roses. Perspective.

They ask me how Im doing. I say better than I deserve

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.

Electricity is really just organized lightning

I have licked the fire and danced in the ashes of every bridge I ever burned. I fear no hell from you.

If people were to tell other people everything about themselves, we’d live in a dull world.

If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.

I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind that it's an inherently stupid idea to put something like that in a glass case.

Be silent when you are criticised so that you can hear the critiques well!

Laissez-faire is finished. The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished.

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is

Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life.

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.