I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, ‚God is not mad at you.‘ Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, ‚That is exactly what I needed to hear today.‘ Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That’s part of being a public figure.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Man was made at the end of the week’s work, when God was tired.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

This Sunday School has been of help to me, greater perhaps than any other force in my Christian life, and I can ask no better things for you than that you, and all that shall come after you in this great band of workers for Christ, shall receive the same measure of blessedness which I have been permitted to have.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

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

I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

Every wall is a door.

Faith never makes a confession.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

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 believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

I’m trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He’s for them and has a purpose.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Act, and God will act.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I’m a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you’re supposed to be doing.

When we are thinking about stuff like embeds, we are not thinking about how we are competing with YouTube. We are thinking about how are we going to make it more useful for people to share stuff on Facebook.

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.

God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of creation.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

The most powerful idea that’s entered the world in the last few thousand years – the idea of grace – is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

So many people are looking at what’s wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what’s right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

Let not a libation of tears be the only offering at the shrine of Jesus; let us also rejoice with joy unspeakable. If we have need to lament our sin, how much more to rejoice at our pardon!

Certain though I am – and ever more certain – that I must press on in life as though Christ awaited me at the term of the universe, at the same time I feel no special assurance of the existence of Christ. Believing is not seeing. As much as anyone, I imagine, I walk in the shadows of faith.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.