A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Faith… must be enforced by reason… when faith becomes blind it dies.

Lord keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly; enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine, our hearts against wrong feelings, and our lives against evil actions.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

Every person who confesses that Christ Jesus is Lord, repents of their sin and gives their heart to God is a child of God and belongs to Him. And in Christ, we are made right with God, we are His righteousness, and we have the power of Christ in us to live right.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.

Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time… I think I’ve forgotten this before.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can be bolstered as we learn about Him and live our religion. The doctrine of Jesus Christ was designed by the Lord to help us increase our faith.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Indeed, the Lord has not forgotten! He has blessed us and others throughout the world with the Book of Mormon.

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect. God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

I don’t think I’d ever apologise for music I make, no.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

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.

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‚O God, forgive me,‘ or ‚Help me.‘

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

God’s desire is that we excel.

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

I don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.

Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn’t. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

You and I, the people of God, have permission to come before the throne of Heaven at any time we will, and we are encouraged to come there with great boldness.

Too many Christians live their lives like slaves – to the devil – because they believe his lies more than they trust God.

I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.

I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn’t want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important – honoring God.

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

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

Really I don’t like human nature unless all candied over with art.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

Spiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!

Conversion is a change of masters. Will we not do as much for our new master, the Lord Jesus, as we did once for our old tyrant lusts?

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us – more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings.

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.

Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city’s food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

When I do a picture and it’s 90% black, like ‚Bird,‘ I use 90% black people.