Qualifications of a pastor: the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros

To believe in God starts with a conclusion about Him, develops into confidence in Him, and then matures into a conversation with Him.

Faith is only as valid as its object. You could have tremendous faith in very thin ice and drown. . . . You could have very little faith in very thick ice and be perfectly secure.

Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose character is steady.

"Slightly lower than the angels" is a whole lot better than slightly higher than the apes. Let's get the order straight. God, angelic beings, man, animals, and vegetables.

If people concentrated on their responsibilities, others would have their rights.

People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough.

If we want to live healthy relationships, according to biblical standards, it is done in the fullness of the Spirit.

There is unspeakable joy... for the person who knows release from guilt and the relief of forgiveness.

In all climates under all skies man's happiness is always somewhere else.

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.

I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.

Candles are good as long as you're not me and you don't fall asleep and your house burns down.

I can't believe I've done what I've done.

We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.

A respectable person is invariably unrespectable within.

Good works are often spoiled by moving too quickly. . . . The good which God desires is accomplished almost by itself, without our even thinking of it.

Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.