One has no right to form ideals of people, and then, because they don't justify them, become bitter.
Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications.
There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
Government was instituted by God to bring His laws to people and to carry out His will and purposes.
I really want to help people. I really want to give somebody that hope that they need to keep going.
Unfair and unkind behavior in exchange for your loving efforts is the rule rather than the exception
Being rich is living life on your own terms - according to your possibilities, not your limitations.
I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.
Quotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal.
The point of creativity is to express and challenge yourself, to make meaning, to embrace your life.
Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.
The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
It is okay for people you love to leave. For them to come and go. She taught it to me over and over.
The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.
What do men know? Because they have seen no unicorns for a while does not mean we have all vanished.
The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart.
Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.
I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.
We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.
Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.
Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.
And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.
Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.
Robert Louis Stevenson...was a storyteller, that's what I'd like to be, that's what I'm trying to be
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet
Repentance is something that is brought about in the human heart by the work of God the Holy Spirit.
We've replaced the proclamation of Christ with an easy-listening legalism of do more and try harder.
I cannot have God in my heart if he is not in my head. Before I can believe in, I must believe that.
To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.
It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.
These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.
Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.
Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.
Throw your arms around the world and hold on tight. But not through fear...but because of your love.
When you come to religion, you come to a place. When you come to Jesus Christ, you come to a person.
Even as you wrestle with the ideas of an opponent, you must keep the dignity of the opponent intact.
Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment.
One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.
The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.
I've never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can?
Superior to all the religions is the Love of God and superior to all types of worship is seeing God.
Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society.
Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.
The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.
Youth is like a long weekend on Friday night. Middle age is like a long weekend on Monday afternoon.