God put a cross between you and hell. If you want to go to hell, you will have to crawl over the cross of Jesus.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

The true color of intelligence is not in knowledge but in the wisdom of actions.

If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!

No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.

If you're using half your concentration to look normal, then you're only half paying attention to whatever else you're doing.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

I'm liberal, but I watch the three majors. Obviously I watch MSNBC, also CNN and Fox, which is what I would call ridiculously to the right.

With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.

In the end . . . . . . . Stand where we feel led. Stand straight, stand tall, and try to remember that other folks might be led to stand elsewhere.

I have always been blessed with an enormous amount of energy. And so I didn't take care of my health at all.

Art Objects is important not only as a plea to the public to read serious literature and to read it seriously, but it is a terrific book of instruction about writing.