The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.

After a storm comes a calm.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Gestalt means whole, and so are you.

Once you know what you want, narrow the options, make your choices, and go for it. But until you do, embrace not knowing.

Do your homework in advance about the actual travel details so transportation issues do not define your holiday.

Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon. Do you need my finger to see the moon?

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Observe the forms and beauties of sensible things and comprehend the Word of God in them. If you do so, the truth will reveal to you in all such things only He who made them.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I used to always cry from loneliness.

That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned.