“All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.”

I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love.

Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world’s greatest need.

God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.

When God wants to bring more power into our lives, He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction.

The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer.

Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.

Prayer is the link that connects us with God.

This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

Once I tried to use Him, now He uses me.

It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration.

Aggressive Christianity is the world’s greatest need.

Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray.

It is not the part of faith to question, but to obey.

A divided heart loses both worlds.

The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.

If it’s somebody else’s lyric, and the message is a little unusual for you, it requires that you learn that new message.

If any of my characters require me to blacken my beard I do it, otherwise I don’t.

I can guide them to books that will serve as role models. Largely, though, one learns to write almost like developing muscle memory, and this requires years of effort.

My origami creations, in accordance with the laws of nature, require the use of geometry, science, and physics.

Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.

It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.