"Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. No one can hinder him." — A. W. Tozer

"A good witness isn't like a salesman, his emphasis is on a person rather than a product. A good witness is like a signpost. It doesn't matter whether it is old, young, pretty, ugly; it has to point the right direction and be able to be understood. We are witnesses to Christ, we point to him." — John White

"Not only does sin hinder prayer; prayer hinders sin. The two are always opposed. The more careless we are about sin, the less we will pray. The more we pray, the less careless we will be about sin. Both sin and prayer are powerful forces. Which one is moving you?" — Dr. Alvin Vander Griend

"Kindness is the oil that takes friction out of life." — Author Unknown

"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell." — Author Unknown

"The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?" — Richard Baxter

"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars." — Thomas à Kempis

"To have God in our life, doesn't mean saling on a boat with no storms, it means having a boat that no storm can sink!" — Author Unknown

"Comparison is the thief of joy" – Theodore Roosevelt

"It is comforting to know that the God who guides us sees tomorrow more clearly than we see yesterday." — Author Unknown

"Men can heal lust. Angels can heal malice. God alone can cure pride." 

"Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity." — Henry van Dyke

"To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world." — Author Unknown

"Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless. Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow." — August B. Black

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand." — Madeleine L'Engle

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. - Baltasar Gracian

"If I didn't have spiritual faith, I would be a pessimist. But I'm an optimist. I've read the last page in the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right." — Billy Graham

"Satan watches for those vessels that sail without convoy." — George Swinnock

"The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on Him never to lead us astray." — Charles R. Swindoll

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand." — Madeleine L'Engle

"The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress." — Billy Graham

May you always understand life lyrically,  musically, with feelings much stronger than reason. 

Be so thirsty for the  marvelous that only the marvelous has power over you. 

Anything you cannot transform into something marvelous, let go. 

Reality isn't impressive. 

Only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles you,  

escape, one way or another. No more walls...

"Wishing will never be a substitute for prayer." — Ed Cole

"Today, we are overboard on belief' but bankrupt on obedience." — Author Unknown

"The reason that most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first." — Robert J. McKain

"To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world." — Author Unknown

"The noble love of Jesus impels a man to do great things, and stirs him up to be always longing for what is more perfect." — Thomas à Kempis

"Trials are not enemies of faith but are opportunities to prove God's faithfulness." — Author Unknown

"If God led you to it, He will lead you through it." — Author Unknown

"It is easier to ridicule than commend." — Thomas Fuller

"We must shift our interest from the seen to the unseen. For the great unseen Reality is God." — A.W. Tozer

A Stern Choice

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost." — Evelyn Underhill

Repair

"The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss." -Thomas a Kempis

More than ordinary

"In any museum we will find quite ordinary things - clothes, a walking stick, a pen, pieces of furniture - which are only of value because they were possessed and used by some great person. It is the ownership which gives them worth. It is so with the Christian. The Christian may be a very ordinary person, but he acquires a new value and dignity and greatness because he belongs to God. The greatness of the Christian lies in the fact that he is God's." — William Barclay

Progress

"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive." — C. S. Lewis

Do not pray for easy lives...

"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God." — Phillips Brooks

Whatever man loves

"Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and wakes with it, be it what it may - wealth or self, pleasure or renown." — Martin Luther

Tragedy

"We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." — Plato

Hearts & Minds of Men

"The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil from the spirit of man." — Albert Einstein

The 7 modern sins

"The 7 modern sins: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, wealth without work, knowledge without character, industry without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice." — Canon Frederic Donaldson

Find God

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...We need silence to be able to touch souls." — Mother Teresa

Ploys

"One of Satan's ploys to retard spiritual productivity is getting Christians preoccupied with humanistic philosophy and other bankrupt substitutes for God's truth." — John MacArthur

Art of Love

"The art of love... is largely the art of persistence." — Albert Ellis

Bias

Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember negative memories more than good ones - This helps us to better protect ourselves.

Enough

"There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." — G. K. Chesterton

Field of Battle

"I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour — his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear — is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle" — Vince Lombardi

The Best Weapon

"Satan's number one weapon is pride. God's number one defense is humility." — Larry Burkett

Possible...

"The Christian life isn't difficult — it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own." — Joseph Garlingen

Virtues & Blessings

"To love God is the greatest of virtues; to be loved by God is the greatest of blessings." — Portuguese Proverb

Activities...

"Our religious activities should be ordered in such a way as to have plenty of time for the cultivation of the fruits of solitude and silence." — A. W. Tozer

Gratitude

"Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an "accident," but a divine choice." — Henri Nouwen

Prayer

"There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees." — Victor Hugo

Truth

"Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water." — Miguel de Cervantes

Choose

"Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both." — Tryon Edwards