Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.

They lose nothing who gain Christ.

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and have Thee still, it would be heaven to me, for Thou are all the heaven I want.

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus saileth by.

I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.

I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample it under His feet.

No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.

The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

I'm not saying you're weak, but you brawl like a couple of girls having a pillow fight.

When the New York Times revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.

There are many different ways now to experience nature. Get out there and hike.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

I'm always hungry. I want to be the best.

Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

A team that thinks it's going to lose is going to lose.

Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons.