Willie Aames famous quotes

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.
-- Willie Aames

#Stars #People #Looks

I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ.
-- Willie Aames

#Jesus #Thinking #Needs

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.
-- Willie Aames

#Broken Heart #People #Broken Promises

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get.
-- Willie Aames

#Kids #Unique #Scripture

We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.
-- Willie Aames

#Kids #Technology #Video

It's good that kids know the Scripture. It's best that they know the Scripture and get the concept. All I can say is, it's working.
-- Willie Aames

#Kids #Scripture

I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.
-- Willie Aames

#Jesus #Kids #Goes On

If I'm going to follow a god, why would I want to follow a god of my creation? That would be an alcoholic idiot nitwit jerk god!
-- Willie Aames

#Want #Would Be #Idiot

I never thought of myself as handsome.
-- Willie Aames

#Handsome

I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow.
-- Willie Aames

#Feet #Littles #Hollywood

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.
-- Willie Aames

#Honest #Being Honest #Stills

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.
-- Willie Aames

#Laughing

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor,
-- Willie Aames

#Want #Financial #Advisors

I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.
-- Willie Aames

#Brother #Perception #Misunderstood

I wanted to leave Eight Is Enough for the Navy.
-- Willie Aames

#Eight #Navy #Enough

When youre in that scene, you really wonder if this is all youre ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside.
-- Willie Aames

#Wonder #Scene #Filthy

This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.
-- Willie Aames

#Heart #Chosen

We produce programs that honor God and impact our world.
-- Willie Aames

#Impact #Our World #Honor

I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was somebody to come after me when I was running away.
-- Willie Aames

#Running #Years #Adults

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.
-- Willie Aames

#Way #Tough #Prove

I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing.
-- Willie Aames

#Idols #Want #Typical

Nobody makes me laugh like my wife.
-- Willie Aames

#Laughing #Wife #Make Me Laugh

No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end.
-- Willie Aames

#Fighting #Self #Want

I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.
-- Willie Aames

#Children #Would Be #Ministry

I get scared to death when I see people who say they've found Jesus Christ, and they're out there, and I wonder, who's teaching them? Who's mentoring them?
-- Willie Aames

#Jesus #Teaching #People

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.
-- Willie Aames

#Stubborn #Use #Good Things

I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them.
-- Willie Aames

#Hurt #Jesus #Kids

God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing.
-- Willie Aames

#Patience #Children #Heart

There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.
-- Willie Aames

#Heart #Grace #Brain

Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse.
-- Willie Aames

#Heart #Way #Praying

I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.
-- Willie Aames

#Marine #Actors #Accepted

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.
-- Willie Aames

#Mean #Said #Pastor

They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.
-- Willie Aames

#Daughter #Heart #Ice Cream

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.
-- Willie Aames

#Speak #My Family #Revitalization

We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.
-- Willie Aames

#Commitment #Married #Made

When you're a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don't have a clue.
-- Willie Aames

#Thinking #People #Clue

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.
-- Willie Aames

#Inspirational #Years #People

I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent.
-- Willie Aames

#Thinking #Artist #Average

I had a lot of growing and a lot of denying of self to do. I am not easily won over, but when I am, I am completely won over.
-- Willie Aames

#Growing Up #Self #Growing

My wife bought an extra life insurance policy on me.
-- Willie Aames

#Wife #Life Insurance Policy #Extras

If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me.
-- Willie Aames

#Comfort

I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you.
-- Willie Aames

#Thinking #Enemy #Needs

God continues to work miracles in my life.
-- Willie Aames

#Miracle #God Life