That Is Life. Quotes
The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.
your life can change in an instant. that instant can last forever.
Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.
Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
Good apprentices know that they are in the process of becoming masters and that as responsible artisans they must seek to improve upon the knowledge entrusted to them and go further.
You can't judge people and touch their souls at the same time.
Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.
Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education.
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
We can't be brave without fear.
Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
Your nature is not the problem. The problem is that you have become alienated from your nature -- from your power source.
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell of hair and skin and bone dies and another is directed to its former place. You are not who you were last November.
It is impossible to avoid the suspicion that historical Jesus research is a very safe place to do theology and call it history, to do autobiography and call it biography.
Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us.
Life is a story. Why do we die? Because we live. Why do we live? Because our Maker opened His mouth and began to tell a story.
Evolution is no linear family tree, but change in the single multidimensional being that has grown to cover the entire surface of Earth.
a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.
The water doesn't know how old you are.
I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now?
Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.
Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven -- while Shea would still have a job leading worship.
Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms.
I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.
We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.
You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.
A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
Grace works that way. It's a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It's a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
Religious people fear hell -- Spiritual people have walked thru it.
The mind can forget what the body, defined by each breath, subject to the heart beating, does not.
God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.
Anyone without a sense of humor is too pretentious to be a good magician.
Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?
Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
We live as ripples of energy in the vast ocean of energy.
There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.
The more boundless your vision, the more real you are.
I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something