You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

Man who hates cats is insecure, but a man who likes them is one worth keeping. If he can appreciate a cat, he can appreciate a strong, independent woman.

James is all I have. I chose James. He has to be right. Please let him be right.

But I am a writer, and I deal in words, and I need to have them spelled out for me--precisely.

What we hear and see through the filter of bias becomes our truth, while planting the seeds of conflict.

One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.

I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.

Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it.

The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ.

maybe it's that we are all so starved for something good to happen that we want to be a part of it.

I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisite by September.