Moses never called for a committee when the Egyptians were breathing down his neck.

Just because a pastor does well in one situation does not guarantee he or she will do well in another.

I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.

You have to choose your future regrets.

I felt that 15,000 men on the 8th would be more effective than 50,000 a month later.

Neither of these speculations is unreasonable, and they are mentioned to show how little men control their own destiny.

It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop in life. God is moving on to the next act.

Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny.

I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.

What love commences can be finished by God alone.

Then, turning to his sister: Sister, never a precaution on the part of the priest, against his fellow-man. That which his fellow does, God permits. Let us confine ourselves to prayer, when we think that a danger is approaching us. Let us pray, not for ourselves, but that our brother may not fall into sin on our account.

Carve as we will the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny constantly reappears in it.