If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He’s the Christ, raised from the dead, that He’s his savior – that’s good enough for me.

I don’t know what’s better gettin‘ laid or gettin‘ paid.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

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.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

For my career, I wouldn’t go racing if I didn’t enjoy it. I still need to have my say, and not just get put with a team and get told to deal with it.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?

Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

America is not nearly done. We’re only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows… what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants – if they survive that long – will see.

My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.

Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

It is always your next move.

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don’t know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd.

Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.

Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society.

And if a person is religious, I think it’s good, it helps you a bit. But if you’re not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.

I didn’t want to play it boring and safe. I also didn’t want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they’re even scarier than first ones.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.

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

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment… If it doesn’t turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.

I don’t argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus‘ message was simple. Jesus didn’t go around condemning people.