Ever doubt that God answers your prayers? Pray (sincerely) for humility... and watch what happens.

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.

So treasure your moments of happiness, the glimpses you see of truth, the nights you've been loved. That's all you've got.

To have a mind of Christ Jesus is to be full of compassion.

Where human knowledge ends the imagined God begins.

In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.

It is our duty to serve those who serve us.

One thing I encourage a lot of people to realize and do is to just have an adventure.

The poetic sensibility was too good for this world, it was best to burn brightly and to die young like a shooting star.

Actor's life is very long.

When we let ourselves respond to poetry, to music, to pictures, we are clearing a space where new stories can root, in effect we are clearing a space for new stories about ourselves.

Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.