In the gospel, we discover we are far worse off than we thought, and far more loved than we ever dreamed.

God is telling an amazing, glorious, epic story. We have to decide if we will trust Him with it.

Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you

God is God and I am not. I can only see a part of the picture He's painting.

I don't see the big picture. I don't have a clue. But I know God does. I'm going to declare that, even if I don't feel it right now.

Wherever we are, God's in that moment, God's speaking to us, and if we've just got our ears open and our antennas up, there's no lack of inspiration. He's not silent. We just have to be listening.

I think we all want to know that if our lives don't turn out the way we imagine, there's still a purpose.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us.

Out of these ashes beauty will rise.

There’s a day that is coming when all the last will be first and every orphan will be home.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

Change begins with ourselves.

Boldness be my friend.

Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit.

The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really single.

You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you.

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.

We can meet our destiny, and that destiny to build a land here that will be, for all mankind, a shining city on a hill.