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.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

It’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

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 think many people in my community had very different kinds of mothers: they had mothers who acquiesced in the system of male and white-supremacist domination, and my mother never did. She just could not do it. It just wasn’t in her.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

Alimony – the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

I was at a New Year’s Eve party, and someone asked me how was my year, and I said, ‚I honestly think 2011 was the best year of my entire life,‘ and I actually meant it.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.

Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

Salvation and Christ’s love is a gift. You don’t earn it. You’ve got to receive that gift.

They say cats have nine lives. I’ve had 12 already and I don’t know how many more I’ll have.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

I’m thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn’t still be here if it weren’t for them.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn’t believe.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

We have not yet reached the goal but… we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.

I read the book of Job last night, I don’t think God comes out well in it.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life… I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

The last thing the devil wants you to do is be an obedient Christian.

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.

We’re a community of a billion-plus people, and the best-selling phones – apart from the iPhone – can sell 10, 20 million. If we did build a phone, we’d only reach 1 or 2 percent of our users. That doesn’t do anything awesome for us. We wanted to turn as many phones as possible into ‚Facebook phones.‘ That’s what Facebook Home is.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

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

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.

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

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.

I answer only to God.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up.

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

I just want to lobby for God.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it’s perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.