Don’t be afraid to speak from personal experience; in many ways, those vulnerable moments will be the key that unlocks a hardened heart.

The church is like manure. Pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood. Spread it out, and it enriches the world.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.

One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.

Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.

Have you stopped seeing great things happen in your life? Perhaps you have stopped believing that God can work in a mighty way even in our generation.

When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.

Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop.

A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

She'll soon forget.""Caddy, " said Saffron impatiently, "she is headmistress of the private school! She's probably never forgotten anything in her whole life!

What I see is a sacred.

Kids are trusting and wise and I cannot think of a less useful combination to be born with. The wisdom lets children know who they are. And then the trust lets everyone else take that knowledge away.

To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed. So do we," Newel assured him.

No one has characterized market mechanisms better than Friedrich von Hayek

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.

It's difficult to see how it's possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs.

Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.