“God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.”

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.

This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.

Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.

Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.

They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?

Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.

Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.

People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.

Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.

I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.

The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.

And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?

Double chin, Fat Thighs. Will you think about these things before your last breath?

Every freckle, mole, dimple, and scar, shine bright in my body’s constellation of stars.

Twinkle in her eyes and a thousand laughter lines; signs of life done right.

He was constantly on me about the job that I was to do and the responsibility that I had upon the campus. And how I must be able to carry myself because people were looking.

You need to look like a lady at the Oscars. Otherwise, Joan Rivers will tear you apart. Then again, you aren’t really anyone till Joan Rivers tears you apart.

Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.

When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that’s what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.