Let God’s promises shine on your problems.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

By its birth, and for all time, Christianity is pledged to the Cross and dominated by the sign of the Cross. It cannot remain its own self except by identifying itself ever more intensely with the essence of the Cross.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‚Thy will be done,‘ and those to whom God says, ‚All right, then, have it your way.‘

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

I trust Russia and China and Iran and North Korea like I trust a Jussie Smollett police report.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

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.

A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of creation.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That’s what I strive to do, that’s what I pray to do every day.

Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

I used to say to my late wife, ‚I have great faith in the American people.‘

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

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

When you feel like it’s too hard to obey God, remember that He will never tell you to do something without giving you the grace, power and ability to do it.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives.

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

True friends stab you in the front.

Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

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

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience.

The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‚Father, the atheists?‘ Even the atheists. Everyone!

You’ll see it when you believe it.

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.

I still think I am the greatest.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

I used to let other people’s struggles affect my happiness. If they weren’t happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn’t happy, I didn’t want anyone around me to be happy.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

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?

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

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

Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

I only want my work to make people happy.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

I’ve learned that we all change constantly. It’s rare to find that person who is growing with you in the same way at the same time, who encourages you to grow.

I think God’s going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

Risk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exists.