Willie Aames Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it. — Willie Aames

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

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

Everything can change. You can always have hope. — Willie Aames

Since I was 9, I'd been told what to say, what to think. — Willie Aames

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

This is an exact replica of my chest. — Willie Aames

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

When somebody comes to your front door, and they're screaming obscenities at you and telling you to come outside, and you've had your life threatened several times, you take it pretty seriously. It's the reason I have a Rottweiler. — Willie Aames

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh. — Willie Aames

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

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor. — Willie Aames

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

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

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

I think there are people that have very addictive personalities. — Willie Aames

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

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

I always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.' — Willie Aames

I got married at a very young age, and of course, for all the wrong reasons, and ended up divorced and lost everything. It was a very difficult time in my life. — Willie Aames

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

I have a strong work ethic. — Willie Aames

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

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

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

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

I never thought of myself as handsome. — Willie Aames

I never learned to study in studio school, so I had to teach myself to study. — Willie Aames

Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems. — Willie Aames

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

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

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

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

'Give up ... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary. — Willie Aames

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

There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife. — Willie Aames

I think as Christians we have to sponsor a national Lighten-Up Day. — Willie Aames

I think that in the Christian community, we're lacking a lot of things, and I don't know that it's just children's role models. — Willie Aames

When I was growing up, I didn't know there was a world outside of California. — Willie Aames

When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating. — Willie Aames

The Jews know who they are as a people. The Christians have not come together as a people yet. — Willie Aames

Nobody makes me laugh like my wife. — Willie Aames

We've been called, and He has blessed. — Willie Aames

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point. — Willie Aames

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

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

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

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

There's a tendency for people to think that celebrities do whatever they want, spend whatever they want, and it's completely out of control. While some of that may be true, I've never met a celebrity who threw caution to the wind and thought they could do anything. That's not the thought process. — Willie Aames

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

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

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

I've watched a lot of my friends die, everyone from John Belushi, River Phoenix to Chris Farley. It just keeps going on and on. — Willie Aames

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

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

You get to a point where you have one of two choices. You either put a gun to your head or you pray. — Willie Aames

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

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

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

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

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