There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.
If you need proof of how the oral relates to the written, consider that many great novelists, including Joyce and Hemingway, never submitted a piece of work without reading it aloud.
All great political families have myths: stories they tell themselves about how history happened.
For me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on your knees and humble myself and thank the Lord for all the blessings he's put in my life.
Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!
I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
If you keep telling girls they're less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it.
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.
The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.
Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some could hardly be influenced by either.
I think that 'Little Angels' provides the gateway into that conversation about faith and about the Lord and about God's love for us. Remembering that the angels are just the messengers and the message is the message of love.
I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that.
If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.
You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God.
I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.
I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class.
You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety.
That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.
The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.
Young people especially sometimes feel that the standards of the Lord are like fences and chains, blocking them from those activities that seem most enjoyable in life.
My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.
