When I wrote 'Lord of the Flies' - I had no idea it would even get published.
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.
I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.
A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.
I am serving the Lord and helping women save babies.
Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence.
Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.
The backgrounds in Lord of the Rings are all explained.
In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff. I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.
Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.
Neither I nor anyone in the Church would ever tolerate hatred of or prejudice towards any of the Lord's children.
Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land.
The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.
We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.
As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
If you can get some of the devil's money to use for the Lord's work, if you have to borrow it, it is all right and carry on the work.
The first time I got recognized in public was at a movie theater. It was at the 'Lord of the Rings' movie premiere. I was at the movie theater, and someone came up, and it was so weird to me, because I had never been recognized by a viewer, so I thought that was scary.
It's a privilege to serve in Washington, D.C., but I never lose sight of what the Lord has called me to do in my life. And that is to be, first a husband, and then a father, and succeed there from His perspective, and He'll take care of everything else.
Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord has established His Church once again among men.
O God and Lord, now the council condemns even Your own act and Your own law as heresy, since You Yourself did lay Your cause before Your Father as the just judge, as an example for us, whenever we are sorely oppressed.
My father's family hails from Banaras. My grandfather taught mathematics at Banaras Hindu University. Banaras is also dedicated to Lord Shiva, home to one of the great jyotirlings, the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
May those who enjoy the faithful ministry of the Word feel exceedingly thankful for it. There are few blessings on Earth greater for a believer; and yet the Lord is frequently obliged to teach us the value of this blessing by depriving us of it for a season.
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death.
But then one day the Lord put us together through our agent and it's been a wonderful match.
