Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.

In order to be great, you have to learn from greatness, which is what I have tried to do.

Europe is not managing its capitalism very well, it is not a good advertisement of capitalism

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

Man is perishing. That may be, and if it is nothingness that awaits us let us so act that it will be an unjust fate.

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

Folks talk too fast, and don't understand what they talkin' about.

I dream in my dreams all the dreams of the other dreamers. And I become the other dreamers.