The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.
Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.
The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.
Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment.
Nobody can call himself a Christian who does not worship Jesus.
Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.
I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent - of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards.
I didn't go to America to be a star, but to try to reclaim my life.
I feel closer to the artist I was when I was 19 now then I have done in other stages of my career.
It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.