Alveda King Quotes

My parents instilled something greater than myself. They instilled faith in me.

If you look at everything I do - even in 'Boo!' there's a message, and it's always 'faith, family, forgiveness.' That's the greatest gift that I've been given. I can get a message to the very people I grew up with, the millions who love what I do.

We’re Bible-thumpers who just happened to end up on television. You put in your article that the Robertson family really believes strongly that if the human race loved each other and they loved God, we would just be better off. We ought to just be repentant, turn to God, and let’s get on with it, and everything will turn around.

The Jewish community is all about love and family, which is the most important thing in my life, too.

At the core of my dad is, he has a very strong faith. He believes very firmly in loving God.

Jesus is the inspiration for anyone to go the distance.

For me it's always God, family, and then my work.

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

My grandpa was a preacher.

I'm a strong believer in God. It could be because of my upbringing and my family environment.

I have a very strong faith in God, and I have a strong family base.

My father was a minister, so I was raised in the church.

I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.

Part of why I have started writing about love is feeling that our culture is forgetting what Martin Luther King taught. We name more and more streets and schools after him but that's almost irrelevant, because what is to be remembered is that strength to love.

My brother and I have converted to Christianity, and my other brother and sister are still Sikh. So for me, it's not something that I ever want to be judgmental on. I know my parents are two people of a very strong faith. I respect all that they've done in raising their four kids and in the opportunities that they've given us.

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

I try to act out of faith.

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

My inspiration is love and history.

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.