“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”

It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

From moment to moment one can bear much.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Love draws forth love.

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

Pain is never permanent.

It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.

The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

Glory be and praise to God. I didn’t do any of this. God did. I don’t have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

I really believe Jesus’s forgiveness is the answer to our shame and our feelings of helplessness.

Don’t assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.

There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

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

Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.