Denying self isn't a one-time thing, but a daily task.

Who are we? We're not perfect but we're not worthless. Scripture tells us that we're beautifully made, but broken.

The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

Here's the grey rule: embrace things that lead you closer to Jesus, and reject things that lead you away from Jesus.

Training in God's gym may hurt sometimes, but He will make us stronger.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.

Folks need the Gospel. We need to have our hearts changed. We see people from a skewed point of view. We need to see people the way God sees them.

That's the new picture of the good life that I want to paint - living the way that God created us to live. That's what the good life is.

There is no halfway or lackadaisical way to fight lust. If you're not fighting your sin, you're befriending your sin.

Instead of attacking people, we need to love people. It lights a fire under me because it's a reminder of why we need the Gospel. Our hearts are so corrupt.

I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that.

Each day wake up and ask yourself what will make you feel most alive that day.

I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.

I don't remember ordering the bride of an evil maniac," said Magnus. "It was definitely beef and broccoli. What about you, Tessa? Did you order the bride of an evil maniac?

Macrame is effortless.

Nobody wants to say that the man [Obama] is a Marxist. Okay, so he's not a Marxist. He's a progressive! This is semantics.

Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.

Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman.

I just work. I'm doing shows, and I get love everywhere I go, so I would say I'm doing something right. I don't really sit here and dwell on it. I just do what I gotta do, and keep moving.

The sun does what it does because the earth tilts.

A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.