Perhaps the book of life, in the end, is the book of what one has lived and if one has lived nothing, he is not in the book of life.

The resolution of good men depends more on the grace of God than on their own wisdom, and they put their whole trust in Him in all their undertakings. Man proposes, but God disposes, and man's destiny is not in his own hands.

For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

The Future… something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

There are two kinds of people those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way.

Perhaps there are times He trusts us enough to move forward without giving us every little answer.

When God works in our lives, those without faith like to call it chance. Those who believe call it a miracle. I don't know where you land on that scale, but I'm suggesting God is not as distant as you may believe.

But if life could be worse, didn't that mean it could also be better?'" As it was, he settled for odd jobs, harvesting occasional crops, living a life that was destined never to rise above the menial. He was proof that the muzzling of motivation only makes for mediocrity, that every man needs a purpose.

Sometimes the roads we choose in life are just messy.

The sure path can only lead to death.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.