I want to go after dreams that are destined to fail without diving intervention.

Whatever you don't turn into praise turns into pride.

Anytime I'm not reading my Bible or praying, I feel like I'm wasting my time. [Mark's brother-in-law, Matt ________, speaking]

Learning is the heart of discipleship. You can't just take up your cross daily. You need to take up the Bible every day.

...love people when they least expect it and least deserve it. That is the kind of love Jesus shows to us.

...if you can truly surrender to Him, you will do more, be more, experience more. Life will just be more.

...if you're walking with Jesus and you invite someone to walk with you, there is a good chance they'll get to know Jesus somewhere along the way.

Following Jesus is a verb.

Your ability to see failure as a necessary stepping stone directly correlates with your ability to dream bigger and dream better.

Part of discovering the adventure God has designed you for is learning how to frame it or reframe it.

...we think so much about the present and so little about eternity that we turn eternity into nothing and nothing into eternity.

I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness.

I'll see you soon, " I think as I fall, hoping she can hear me. It's as good a last thought as any, and I hold it close like a light in the darkness.

Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than life - that's exciting.

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

I don't really see myself as an accomplished person. I just worked hard and got opportunities to do what I love. I've been blessed.

I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.

The unconscious works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.

If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.

The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.

"I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.