It may be difficult to understand why a test comes our way, but we must never forget that the test is accomplishing refining and purification.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Patience is a firm faith.

Winter brings a colder palette with more heavy blue and violet, Fall has substantial more reddish and brown, Summer brings a variation of pastel colours and Spring fresh green and tangerine.

I'm a writer. I write checks. Mostly fiction.

Only God can thwart the plans of Satan and his legions.

The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy.

A lot of things inspire me. Music, for one; in addition to acting, I'm also a musician.

There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher.

I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.

The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay.

Measure me while I live - after it will be too late.