I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.

Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man's power ends.

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming.

The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials.

God not only orders our steps, He orders our stops.

Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.

The word of God is our only standard, and the Holy Spirit our only teacher.

Our heavenly Father never takes anything from his children unless he means to give them something better.

The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.

The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is to have my soul happy in the Lord.

No matter what walk of life you're from, you can appreciate the music - songs [can] resonate in your soul and your heart.

I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City.

I have had so many bad auditions.

Barack Obama is an incredibly intelligent, thoughtful, decisive person in pursuing the agenda he sets.

Benign environmentalists are opposed to pollution, as all sensible people are; malign environmentalists are opposed to energy and most of what it enables.

One of the ways you learn about life is to associate with people.

Not sure there is a truth that's "for sure."

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things.

The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth.

The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable.