I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can’t it happen to me? I’m not worried I’m young – it’s an incentive to do the best I can.

People’s blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

If you get knocked down – setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don’t hire you – keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

Act, and God will act.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

If you want to live in the fullness of God’s anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.

Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

God is everywhere.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

I have retired, but if there’s anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Sin, also for those who don’t have faith, exists when one goes against one’s conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?… It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

A word after a word after a word is power.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

I don’t fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

There are two great forces, God’s force of good and the devil’s force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don’t understand.

Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus? If so, I am exposing Christianity to ridicule and leading people to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

Small aim is a crime.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

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

There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.

Jesus isn’t lettin‘ you off the hook. The Scriptures don’t let you off the hook so easily… When people say, you know, ‚Good teacher‘, ‚Prophet‘, ‚Really nice guy‘ … this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.

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.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

If you’re in this business and you are scared, then you better do something else.

I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‚OK, I’m done.‘ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

We can approach God’s throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross.

Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.