One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

A man walks on through life - with the external call ringing in his ears but with no response stirring in his heart, and then suddenly, without any warning, the Spirit taps him on the shoulder. What happens? He turns 'round. The word 'repentance' means 'turning 'round.' He repents and believes and is saved.

Church members in too many cases are like deep sea divers, encased in the suits designed for many fathoms deep, marching bravely to pull out plugs in bathtubs.

God hasn't given up on you. He can still do great things for you, in you, and through you. God is ready and waiting and able.

Human nature must be changed if we are ever to have an end to war or to correct the wrong situations that make our lives uneasy and our hearts sore. Now Christianity, the power of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit of God, is the only force that can change people for good.

I am growing more and more aware that all too often we preachers aim at nothing and hit it.

I could never describe it to anyone how I knew, but there was no mistaking it. One moment, I was walking along undecided - and the next moment, I knew that it was God's will for me to go to America. I don't think I could describe it any more accurately.

I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one's home or the peace of one's mind.

Out of profound gratitude for my adopted country, I can only say that I would like in this land to live and die, and while I live to help other people as much as possible, believing that only in service to other people can I possibly express my gratitude for all that America has done for me.

Sometimes this going out in obedience to God's command is more dramatic than at other times... sometimes more spectacular... sometimes more brave... but always it is a venture into the unknown.

The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.

This is a day of little faith - of few convictions - a day when men seem to have no great causes and no great passions. So in frustration, in disappointment, they are inclined to say, 'You can't change human nature.' It is true that we cannot change human nature. But God can.

We ministers have undoubtedly failed to connect and apply Christianity to the practical everyday problems of the average man. In this, we have failed to follow in Christ's footsteps. For the religion which He taught and revealed in His own life and ministry was an intensely practical and down-to-earth affair.

When we long for life without difficulties remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

The measure of life is not its duration but its donation.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which a great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.

Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind.

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.

He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was that if the traditional art form would not find room for him, then he would make an art form of his own.

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants.

My parents gave me stability and a belief in myself and in all the possibilities life has to offer. I was told the only limitations I would ever face were those I placed upon myself.

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.