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.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

There’s been some research in cognitive science, I’m told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it’s white noise.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

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

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Our work is never over.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don’t believe that we’re supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God’s blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that’s how God leads us.

Mastery, I learned, was not something genetic, or for a lucky few. It is something we can all attain if get rid of some misconceptions and gain clarity as to the required path.

When I signed up for BFC, then-coach Ashley Westwood wanted me to play on the left as an attacking midfielder. I was not sure initially but I believed in his vision. For the first six-seven games, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was like a headless chicken. But he kept backing me.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‚Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.‘

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

Christians are not limited to any church.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

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.

Only God can look at somebody’s heart.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

I’m about being the best.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood – both its power and those who bear it.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn’t done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.

I am a grafter.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

It is always your next move.

The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

I’m committed to the fight game.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help – and God’s.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.