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In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes.
I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both.
God is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people.
If grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.
People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.
If your flirting strategy is indistinguishable from harassment, it's not everyone else that's the problem.
I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.
The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky.
Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is.
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it.
I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.
Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.
The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.
And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market
Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.
I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.
What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.
An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.
Much of my writing is energized by unresolved memories - something like ghosts in the psychological sense.
Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader - or any reader. He/she might exist - but is reading someone else.
No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.
If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.
Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.
Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!
Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can't do.
God's love for me is perfect because it's based on Him not on me. So even when I failed He kept loving me.
Decide that you don’t mind being inconvenienced or interrupted, and God will use you to make a difference.
If we continue to believe God and place our trust in Him, bad things ultimately give way to better things.
Unforgiveness is spiritual filthiness, so get washed in the water of God's Word to forgive and stay clean.
What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.
I don't think even ungodly people realize what a society would be like that had no godly influence at all.
Along with bathing and eating your veggies, releasing emotions needs to become part of our daily routines.
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
in a Home it must be order or ruin. Order is to the house as morality to the human being - a sheet-anchor.
A man’s got to keep up appearances. I’ll be universally detested if everyone realizes how perfect you are.
I received so many positive comments about the quotes that I decided to continue to use them in my novels.
In all seriousness, I don't get people who need to make a proposal a bigger deal than marriage already is.
There are times with your friends when you just have to put their whole mess out of your mind for a while.
The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird.
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
He goes for stark versus accessorized, dark over bright, jewel tone instead of pastel, carnal over flirty.
You need me as much as I need you. That makes us equal partners in my book. Well, your book is just wrong.
Having a writer in the family is a curse - for the family. I do feel more or less guilty when I'm writing.
Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
People who know me, recognize a definite difference in my poise and in my personality, because I've grown.