I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

In my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.

In a universe that’s an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

There are so many things we have to overcome in this life with Jesus, His work on the cross. He’s paid the ultimate price for us, so I’m proud to be a child of God.

I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12 year old. So I got to live an actual life. And I’ve kept that mentality. Just because there’s a hurricane going on around you doesn’t mean you have to open the window and look at it.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

‚Born this Way‘ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

The answer to the problem of inequality is for the people who are fortunate enough to either have been gifted or deserved more to do everything they can to make the communities around them as strong as they possibly can.

Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak one against another.

It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

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

Now, we can’t stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time – if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‚I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.‘

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief… All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl, and I’m five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no matter your gender. It’s your world, too!

I’m not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

I’ve been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as individuals surrender their lives fresh and anew to Christ.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you’d experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don’t see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

I don’t even know how to speak up for myself, because I don’t really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it’s a drag? But you see, that’s what people do.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.

Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don’t wish to have as their reality.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.