Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God.

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.

In EVERY situation and EVERY circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst

The Gospel is not how people get to heaven. The Gospel is how people get to God.

If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God. Not from God, but in God.

Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.

Anything is possible if you just believe. But if you want to start believing, start with yourself.

God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.

I had this idea about terrible things happening to orphans, and I knew it was such a horrible idea that the idea of writing it down and then submitting it professionally was obviously absurd.

A bad salesman will automatically drop his price. Bad salesmen make me sick.

One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.

I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street.

Out of every fruition of success, no matter what, comes forth something to make a new effort necessary.