I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.

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.

Search for contentment in each person you meet.

When I understood that neither parents, nor family, nor friends, nor anyone in the world could offer me anything but pain, insults and wounds, I resolved to stop living for the world.

You see all of us go through the same doubts. We are afraid of being mad; unfortunately for us, of course, all of us are already mad.

I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country.

It would have been a hard year if I'd spent it berating myself for not working on the book.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

I was scared when I lost my mother, my father, my brother, my sister.

You were perfect.” Cam dipped his mouth to mine. “Only because I was with you.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

Genius never desires what does not exist.