Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.

I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.

God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?

It was as if hell itself had taken human form and come up from the abyss.

Try to be a whole person. Not just a night person, or a day person. Be the kind of person who can live in both.

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers.

You've got to love the game and the game will love you back.

I had a dog that was so lazy, he had a prerecorded bark.

Revenge, we find, the abject pleasure of an abject mind.

I don't believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster.

One is weary of hearing about the omnipotence of money. I will say rather that, for a genuine man, it is not evil to be poor.

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

A clear sentence is no accident.