My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.

God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.

Humility is royalty without a crown.

No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.

Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

Real craftsmanship, regardless of the skill involved, reflects real caring, and real caring reflects our attitude about ourselves, about our fellowmen, and about life.

Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.

I am convinced that each of us, at some time in our lives, must discover the scriptures for ourselves—and not just discover them once, but rediscover them again and again.

There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly, 'Give me this MOUNTAIN,' give me these challenges.

The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different

Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals

No sky Leila had seen before could compare to the beauty she was seeing above her. It didn't feel like some accident of nature but rather something that was purposefully unleashed on the world.

Beauty lies in the LIES of the beholder!

Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.

We were just killing time, we were young and restless, and needed to unwind. There ain't nothing that lasts forever, forever.

Social science virtually abhors the event. Not without reason; the short-term is the most capricious and deceptive form of time.

A lot of the men were upset or jealous of me because I got the girl. Men are always trying too hard. When I effortlessly get the girl, it pisses them off.

Anything that we're connecting with that's happening right now, there's an obvious vulnerability - because we're just fragile human beings in the middle of a just-now expression.

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.

If you destroy the people of a company, you do not have much left.