Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.

George Jones

Satan can't keep God from answering our prayers, but he will keep us from asking.

There is no promise God cannot keep, no prayer God will not answer, and no problem too hard for Him to solve.

Never let the things money can buy, rob you of the things money can't buy.

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.

God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.

I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.

I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.

I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.

It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.