Just as you did not come to Christ on your own, neither will you remain in Christ on your own.

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.

If you can not do great things, Do small things in a great way.

I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.

The very mudsills of society. We call them slaves. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere, it is eternal.

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of state.

The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.

The world is no nursery.

We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse, our gestures, our digestive tracts, the lunar and seasonal cycles.