I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

The greatest test of life is obedience to God.

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

To paraphrase Forrest Gump, "Ugly is, as Ugly does!

[He] made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself.

In witnessing yourself lies the whole mystery of life.

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

I could quite happily just make music because it conjures up a whole visual world for me in my mind.

People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.

Living in Paris was a crash course in chic.

How could something that felt so right actually be so wrong?

Be bad, and if you can't be bad be worse.

If I were to think of and dwell on disastrous possibilities, I could do nothing. I throw myself headlong into my work, and come up again with my studies.