May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.

I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.

Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.

God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever.

Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.

Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also...the difficulties that are in our way.

The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.

Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.

All the makeup in this world can never cover up an empty brain.

There’s something about human nature which draws us to people who are authentic and makes us want to repel those that aren’t.

A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values.

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

I've come to realize that life is what you make it.

I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. I think the most important thing is that you have to really choose the players carefully.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat.

Madame Lily Devalier always asked "Where are you?" in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New Orleans and somewhere ridiculous.

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so.