Confrontation is the special business of young people. They confront their parents, peers, society, law enforcement officers, and themselves, but primarily they confront God.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

Transform the Material.(Chuang Tzu)

Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.

How can you ennoble the spirit when you are selling something as inconsequential as a face cream?

We have to listen to other people's stories. That's the thing. And that's the only way that we eventually get to know ourselves.

Being in love makes me vulnerable. Intimacy on that level can be so exposing. Accepting that vulnerability and allowing myself to be completely transparent is an ongoing process for me.

Avoid the company of the wicked, those who would do injury to you or to others. Like a disease their energy is something you can catch.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

I never hang my feet off the end of the bed -I'm afraid little gremlins will bite my toes! Really!

When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.