We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

God’s angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne’er loved them.

It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.

I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

The day we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior is one of the greatest days of our lives. Not only are our sins washed away, but God puts His Spirit inside of us and gives us new desires.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

A record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

Me don’t dip on nobody’s side. Me don’t dip on the black man’s side, not the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

There are some people who need to wear a label round their necks to show that they are Christians at all, or else we might mistake them for sinners, their actions are so like those of the ungodly.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

The only way round is through.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it – this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation – and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

When you’re coming up with new material, it’s not always gonna be good. The only way to learn is for it not to get a laugh, so you can adjust it and come back the next day to see if it’s working right. Next time, you might get a different laugh. You’re constantly rebuilding.

I believe that I have received Jesus Christ into my heart. I believe that he has covered all of my sins.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

I want to tell people about the meaning of the cross.

All of these young people have some kind of potential in them. And if we don’t invest in them as a nation, regardless of where they come from or what color they are, if we don’t invest in them, we lose.

I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

No man is hurt but by himself.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

The most common criticism I get is that I’m being manipulated and you shouldn’t use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can’t think for myself and so on. And I think that is so annoying! I’m also allowed to have a say – why shouldn’t I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people’s minds?

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.