It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

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

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

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

A word after a word after a word is power.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

For Africa to move forward, you’ve really got to get rid of malaria.

I always have to be writing.

Most employees only want to know how much they get paid and how much time off they get – they probably don’t have the mission in their souls.

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

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.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

I want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

An unused life is an early death.

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.

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can’t wait for a feeling to motivate you.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Knowing that the time to sleep has come, the Lord sleeps, and does well in sleeping. Often, when we have been fretting and worrying, we should have glorified God far more had we literally gone to sleep.

You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that’s really the essence of the Christian faith.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.

We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal ‚security,‘ those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists – they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

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

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‚I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.‘ I just think my son is too lazy.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

Life loves the liver of it.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

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