We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.

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.

A stranger may find beauty in you yet.

Beliefs are our foundation and our guiding compass, navigating us through life.

Thankfulness to God, if not followed by commitment to Obey Him, will tend to stop the continuous supply of God's blessings in our lives.

Committee: A group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.

Don't you miss the days when America was just morally bankrupt?

The middle class in America has been devastated.

Immortals are never alien to one another.

The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics.

There should be nothing I can't live without.

Happiness is a natural state of being.