My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right. ― Desmond Tutu

---

Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.

---

God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks - not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.

---

Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God. _ Blaise Pascal

---

The end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature. ― John Piper

---

God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours. ― David Livingstone

---

You are God's chisel; it is you He uses to create masterpieces. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

---

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. ― Desmond Tutu

---

If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?

---

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. — Jane Howard

---