The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you’re going to have.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.

O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

We’re the only animal that wakes up and doesn’t stretch.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

Never take anything for granted.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Hate has no place in the house of God.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God’s presence.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

For me, it’s about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It’s where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that’s very important to me.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

God wants to bless us where we are.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

I read the Bible every day.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Mad or glad, Mr. Reagan is head over heels in love with Mrs. Reagan and can’t even imagine a world without her – He loves her.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer’s block.

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

There is a power in God’s gospel beyond all description.

Death surrenders us totally to God: it makes us enter into him; we must, in return, surrender ourselves to death with absolute love and self-abandonment since, when death comes, all we can do is to surrender ourselves completely to the domination and guidance of God.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones – with ingratitude.

I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.

I’ve had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.

I didn’t die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn’t survive certain things… people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst… for many reasons, I shouldn’t be here.

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.

I always joke that my kids‘ favorite holiday is Father’s Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It’s my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.

Some Christians feel guilty when they are doing something that isn’t ‚spiritual.‘ Somehow or another, they feel the need to hurry through the grocery store, dash through the house cleaning, and rush through all the daily aspects of life that seem irrelevant to their faith.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Everywhere on Earth, at this moment, in the new spiritual atmosphere created by the appearance of the idea of evolution, there float, in a state of extreme mutual sensitivity, love of God and faith in the world: the two essential components of the Ultra-human.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

I just think that trusting God means we’re going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we’re never going to understand them all.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

If you can feel that Mother Earth is in you, and you are Mother Earth, then you are not any longer afraid to die because the earth is not dying. Like a wave appears and disappears and appears again.

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging – weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn’t want to do. I’m very grateful to him, actually.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

It’s impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.