A conviction borne of God amply possesses the potency and power to brazenly reach beyond the possible in order to topple the impossible.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

Porches could be cleaned with a broom in a few minutes, but the soul could not be swept. It had to be shaken. And shaking the loess from a soul took a lifetime and more strength than most people had.

True beauty is not in your face or in your dress but in your dignity.

I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.

My parents have one rule for me: I can't do any of this if I have any C's on my report card.

Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed.

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.

Instagram what you think is funny and exciting and try not to include any animal abuse!

A thorn can only be extracted if you know where it is.

Enough of words. Come to me without a sound.

There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.