Pray for me to learn quickly what I need to learn.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

Beginnings are happy never-endings as long as you remember where you started from.

I try to stay away from certain stuff - I'm not a perfect human being. I try to represent myself as much as a good person could. I stay around the positive people.

Our love is God, let's go get a Slushie.

To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.

That'd be walking into dangerous territory," he says, getting up from the sofa. "Luke is not a morning person.

I have no problem with people seeing me as the nice guy. I hope they don't see me as just the nice guy.

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

We're just some little metal band.

I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down.