God wants to bless us where we are.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

Be content to seem what you really are.

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‚Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.‘

I was inspired to spend an entire year – my 65th year – reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu’s messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.

I have been chosen by God Almighty to be one of his messengers.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don’t have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

I don’t think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He’s given you… but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things… he’s not a small God; this God is incredible.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.

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

I want to thank my Eritrean fans for feeling connected to me and for supporting me. I feel extremely grateful.

Purposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like yon cloud upon the mountain’s summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever and ever.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It’s a gift.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.

God’s first creature, which was light.

Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.

Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare – something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state – something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.

Over the years, all my coaches and my teammates have contributed a lot to shape my career. I can never forget their contribution and help.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don’t really think about it.

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.

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

So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.

Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own heart’s blood, and lay it home to the wounded conscience and let it feel its power. Oh! Give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest.

We love things we love what they are.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

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.

He who doesn’t pray to the Lord prays to the devil.

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?

I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

I’ve been blessed with talents to play this game and been put on a stage to impact a lot of people. I don’t want to take that for granted.

Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God’s promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

I don’t let my religious world get too complicated.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

If you want to become fully mature in the Lord, you must learn to love truth. Otherwise, you will always leave open a door of deception for the enemy to take what is meant to be yours.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

‚You are no saint,‘ says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.

All religions have been made by men.

I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what’s happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.