When we cry out to God as a result of our pain and spiritual brokenness He hears us and is compelled to move on our behalf because of His love for us. However, when we complain it is an indictment against His authority as a God who knows His plans fo...
But a wide sea voyage severs us at once. It makes us conscious of being cast loose from the secure anchorage of settled life, and sent adrift upon a doubtful world. It interposes a gulf, not merely imaginary, but real, between us and our homes--a gul...
My grandmother used to cook for eight every day - sitting down lunches and dinner, the way you do it in Italy, you sit down. And when my parents could afford their own place, I went with them but still my mother used to work but used to come back fro...
Our Creator has always known of us and has always loved us.
God doesn't keep us from trouble; He keeps us through it.
If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world.
Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.
A brick could be used as a steak knife, and a fly swatter could be used as a meat tenderizer.
A brick could be used as a floatation device. But only use it if the person drowning is a politician.
A brick could be used to keep warm, and a blanket could be used to build a house.
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define us.
The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.
Let us remove God from the equation, shall we?
Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.
If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!
It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
