He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short.
The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.
Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.
A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.
God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you, and all happiness to crown you.
Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His sufferings, that can testify for our sins. Christ must pay all, or we are prisoners forever.
But when’s the last time you took a chance? Or didn’t do what someone else expected of you? Or did something you really wanted to, even though you probably shouldn’t have?
In a black-and-white world, back in the '50s, were voices from another era. All actors used to sound different. Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable. They were like men's voices, but they weren't Everyman, it was them.
I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.
Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood.