Disappointments are often my greatest motivation.

Dependence on the Lord is wisdom and self-reliance is foolishness. But dependence on the Lord does not mean laziness, it means prayerful action and patient perseverance...

Prayer is talking to God… but it’s so much more than that… it’s the beat of our heart, the attitude of our mind, the song on our tongue, the direction of our thoughts…

But never forget: When everything feels like it's falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place.

With God, all things are possible- including, dominating adulthood, swimming upstream for life, and living in light of eternity in a world that tells you all you can do is live for the moment.

We are doing the most important possible work in the world when we open the door and reveal our creative nature. It is the work of the Universe itself.

The author says the pastor who does not pray is a "mere official" who gets into his office by the necessity of the bread it provides.

Faith is kind of like jumping out of an airplane at ten thousand feet. If God doesn't catch you you splatter. But how do you know whether or not He is going to catch you unless you jump out?

Anxiety, it just stops your life.

Man is but a network of relationships and these alone matter to him.

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing. I might not ever fully know who I am, but I also believe that I could be whoever I want, whenever I want.

No one was jumping up and saying, 'Yeah, let me give you money.' I had never held a camera in my hand - a home video camera, nothing. I had not directed.

[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.