You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
Edwin Louis Cole
Attitude determines the altitude of life.
Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.
God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.
Have faith in God; God has faith in you.
Truth cannot be defeated.
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.
Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.
The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.
Life is lived on levels and arrived at in stages.
Character is more important than talent.
The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.
Men and women have strengths that complement each other.
Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.
Truth is life's most precious commodity.
Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.
Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.
Prayer in private results in boldness in public.
Good is often the enemy of best.
Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.
Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.
A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.
Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.
God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.
Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.
A dream doesn't become a goal until it is written.
Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.
You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.
Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.
Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.
If you can't take it, you won't make it.
What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.
You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.
By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.
There is a high cost for low living.
Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.
Sin is still sin - no matter how you spell it.
You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.
The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.
God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.
God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.
It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.
God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter.
Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.
There is a price to pay for accomplishment.
