I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

We’re in the last days, man – I truly, in my heart, believe that. It’s written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it’s about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

There have been times that I’ve wept as I’ve gone from city to city and I’ve seen how far people have wandered from God.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

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

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

To be ashamed of one’s immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one’s morality.

All I know is that, thanks to a sort of habit which has always been ingrained in me, I have never, at any moment of my life, experienced the least difficulty in addressing myself to God as to a supreme Someone.

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.

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

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

I don’t believe in icons.

We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That’s why we have the gift of faith.

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God’s eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

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.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

It’s a mystery. That’s the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it’s mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.

God may be subtle, but he isn’t plain mean.

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn’t mean I am immortal. It doesn’t mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

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.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

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

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

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.

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

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

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things – he didn’t just command them to believe.

If God can’t get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won’t get to anything else you got.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

You might say, ‚Can’t we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?‘ In this way we’d become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are conceived.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

Every day that goes by puts us closer to the day when Christ will return.

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.

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

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.