I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling the people around us.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Democracy is a western term for a dictatorship that hasn't come out of the closet.

Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty.

However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

Be happy and comfortable with who you are, whoever it may be.

I love John Madden, because he makes me feel smart.

Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind

Yelling doesn't win ball games. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard. And I don't think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Preparation does.

Everyone needs someone to tell them not to wear so much Prada.

There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.