A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

I am getting by doing just the bare minimum and it takes up so many hours of my waking day.

He hath always but slightly, known himself...King Lear

If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.

It’s been a dream to work with Netflix because they don’t have any pressure from advertisers.

I've noticed since I've been out is Eddie Hearn and this fight gives me an opportunity to shut him up.

In the software business there are many enterprises for which it is not clear that science can help them; that science should try is not clear either.

The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails.

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

I was giving up--being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.