Map out your future, but do it in pencil.
God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.
A curse lies upon those that, when the truth suffers, have not a word to defend it.
It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.
See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.
We cannot say this or that trouble will not befall, yet we may, by the help of the Spirit, say, Nothing that does befall will make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian.
If believers decay in their first love, or in some other grace, yet another grace may grow and increase, such as humility, their brokenheartedness; they sometimes seem not to grow in the branches when they may grow at the root; upon a check grace breaks out more; as we say, after a hard winter there usually follows a glorious spring.
I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated by terrorist organisations.
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
There is a certain physiognomy in manners.