Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

I admire people who destroy themselves.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It’s because I’m not quite an atheist and it worries me. There’s that little bit that holds on: ‚Well, I’m almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.‘

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that’s because I’m doing it wrong.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it’s a trend.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

Desire is the essence of a man.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find.

I think that I’m perfect.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

For ninety per cent of those who view him from outside, the Christian God looks like a great landowner administering his estates, the world. Now this conventional picture, which is too well justified by appearances, corresponds in no way to the dogmatic basis or point of view of the Gospels.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

If you want to live in the fullness of God’s anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.

I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Giving up cannot be an option.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn’t identify with the person on the screen. I couldn’t get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.

Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.