Leaders are made one response at a time.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Pain is our salvation 'cos when it's dark enough, a star will reveal itself.

The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.

The novelist works neither to correct nor to condone, not at all to comfort, but to make what's told alive.

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

America was built on an attempted genocide, anyway. Guns were completely necessary.

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.

We need to stop spending so much of our time trying to make the right decisions and instead start spending our time making decisions and then making them right.

It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.

Doreen had intuition. Everything she said was like a secret voice speaking straight out of my own bones.

Everything happens for a reason, except possibly football. (in Thief of Time)