In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.
If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.
Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren't looking!
One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
I have more respect for the devil than for some preachers I have met; the devil believes the Bible is the Word of God!
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.
Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.
One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality.
Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you trade off job hours with leisure hours. If you think your job will just be a job, pick one that pays well per hour and leaves you some time off, even if the activity of the job is boring.
Hopefully someone on their team addresses it, because, uh, I'm not saying I'm going to do it, but something might happen to him if he continues to be that cocky.