Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the poet to become tender and imaginitive in the loneliness of confinement. He banquets upon the honey of his own thoughts, and, like the captive bird, pours forth his soul in melody.

Anything inside that immobilizes me, gets in my way, keeps me from my goals, is all mine.

It is so easy to take our eyes off of God and look at the problems around us. That's when we get discouraged and fearful, giving the devil an opportunity to pounce.

Every single time a self-doubting or fearful thought enters your mind, realize it, reject it, and replace it with faith.

Restlessness, therefore, is not to be regretted, but marshaled. Humans live toward.

Revival is not emotional extravagance where people are caught up in the moment and fall down, act bizarrely, unbiblically, and out of control. That's not revival.

Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper

A hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

It is only the love of God shed abroad by the Holy Spirit that can cause effective repentance and cleansing—not simply Christian work or service, but the shining sweetness and fragrance of the love of Jesus Christ. It is this which touches a life that is out of adjustment to the will of God.

I have a phobia. I have a serious phobia of rodents. I don't even like white mice, hamsters.

I was really nervous working with actors, since I come from a photography background.

Doubt is just another color of fear.