Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Don’t just hit a home run. Knock it out of the park.

Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean?

Working overtime is an underpaid man’s salvation.

I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens then everybody disagrees.

You cannot kill an idea by murdering innocent people — though you can nudge it toward suicide.

Even in my prime, I need God in my life because without God, we're nothing.

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

Include yourself in any reproof.