The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church.

From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.

Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.

The reason why we fail to prevail with unconverted men is due to our more fundamental failure to prevail with God in prayer.

No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.

Words . . . present a picture of the inward man.

Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.

You may tend to get cancer from the thing that makes you want to smoke so much, not from the smoking itself.

Your silence creates a vacuum for others to fill The key is to stay present and keep listening. The silence of holding steady is different from the silence of holding back.

At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.

We have to wait and see when Donald J. Trump embarks his new mission, let's say, or position within this administration as President.

I get a feeling, on a guitar, and I sort of mess around until something resonates with me, and then I just find that what happens is that a melody comes, and with that, words.

Ram it up your poop chute.

My bag hit the floor, spilling overpriced books and pens across the shiny floor. My pens! My glorious pens rolled everywhere.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

I don't like modeling, but in terms of the places I got to visit, it was great.

Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.