When God puts His hand on a plain, ordinary person whom He has destined for leadership, that person is given mountain-matching abilities, whether he be a Roosevelt, a Lincoln, a Nehemiah-or a person like you or me.

Mark it down in permanent ink: God is always at work.

Everything that happens to me is designed to better prepare me for serving others, everything!

Are we going to answer God's call for this church to make a significant impact in this new millennium, or will we rest on past success?

I took her hands in both of mine. "Darlin', what happened in those woods does not define the rest of your life. People might look at you and say, 'There's that woman that was taken to the cabin in Kentucky.' But God doesn't look at you that way. He says, 'There's my daughter. There's my spotless bride that my Son died for.' What happened out there does not have to follow you.

God puts every one of us here for a purpose. There's some pull on our lives that draws us toward that purpose, and the farther we go away from it, the more unhappy we are. The closer we get, the more we yearn and desire it.

There is no gift to the world like a man doing what he enjoys.

And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.

I esteem it the crowning mercy of my life that not only the chief ends I contemplated on becoming a missionary are attained, but I am allowed to see competent, faithful, and affectionate successors actively engaged in the work.

I got the Mr. Incredible mold - the 3D, you know - it's cool.

The most beautiful women in the world, I find, are those who have inner confidence.

Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.