Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid. Courage means we refuse to be mastered by fear.

When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'

We can't understand our calling and our vocation until we listen to the Lord... until we look upon the Lord... until we realize who it is that we're really serving. Are we serving God? Or the world?

God made saints out of far worse people than you.

God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you.

God has great plans for you today... creative and unexpected means by which He will make you a saint. He needs only your joyful submission to His plan.

Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.

Pentecost is a celebration of God... a celebration of God's power... a celebration of God's desire to empower us and to dwell within us.

Authentic Christianity is a roller-coaster ride, not a merry-go-round.

The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart.

If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.

He could silence me, but Rob had no power over my mind

... when we are hurt it is important to remember that God Himself has allowed it for a purpose.

I grew up on the beaches, and I always found it kind of funny that it's considered decent if you cover three tiny spots with pieces of fabric.

I don't get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the '90s is just unbeatable.

The biggest thing is not to lose your confidence and realize you've got to work through those mistakes to yourself a chance to improve.

I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.

However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to understand it, too.

The forecast today is love all around.

Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.