David Archuleta Quotes

I'm thankful to God that my life changed, but I'm also still on my grind.

I play to the best of my abilities and am thankful for the many opportunities and amazing success He has given me. Through it all, I want to do right, not make mistakes, and live a life that is pleasing to Him.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that!

God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.

God blessed me to play football.

God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.

If I keep God first in my life, if I keep my family and friends as second, and then I keep my occupation third, that's when I've found success.

I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.

Everything I've set out to do, I've achieved, and all the praise goes to God.

[Referring to John Bright:] He is a self made man, and worships his creator.

I feel really humbled and really grateful to have the opportunities that I've had over the past couple of years to work with some amazing people. I think, at this point, I just want to put my head down and grind and do honest work.

God has blessed me on a lot of levels. Have I worked for it? Absolutely. But it still takes that blessing.

The reason I still go play the organ at church every Sunday and dedicate my talents to God first is because I feel like that's the reason why I'm who I am today.

I use my sport and my talent as a tool to spread God's word. Whatever I get out of it, all glory goes to Him.

I've worked hard and tried to approach my career with as much honesty and integrity as possible. I've also had many blessings along the way and feel very fortunate to have a career that speaks so much to my soul.

I feel like I've had a fantastic life and career with music, and I've worked very hard, but maybe I've had a bit of luck along the way.

One thing faith always did for me is it gave me perspective that, yeah, I was to maximize my gift and talents in the area of football, but it was always a means to glorify God and represent God.

I just try to use my platform to praise God.

Live in such a way that unless God shows up what you're attempting to do is bound to fail. This is the nature of the Gospel.

If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace.

Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.