Most of us are married to a model of ministry and we flirt with the Great Commission.

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.

Where you dare to venture where you have not gone before, you will return somehow changed.

Every 'no' is a 'yes' to something.

She understood about the comfort you can get from a small separate world, whether it's a theatre or a basketball team or the inside of a book.

The hardest thing about life is that every now and then you have to do things so you have something to tweet about.

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges.

I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals...I would call me more of a monkey.

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

I become a happier man each time I suffer

There is only one way to kill capitalism - by taxes, taxes, and more taxes.