In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

I've actually always wanted to play the character a bit 'off'. I think that could be fun.

A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.

Can I believe in that God too?

I'd wake up in the morning and I would think, 'Where am I?' I'd have to gather myself.

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.

I love writing. It's a fun challenge. It refuels me personally.

The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him.