My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.

In proportion that property is small, the danger of misusing the franchisee is great.

I wanted to tell you that the man who is your father, the man who gave you life, has found a woman who is in heaven when she's in his arms.

I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a magician was born!

What are you, child, that you need time to learn about yourself?

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.

I think that people feel they know what love means, it's probably one of the most used words in the world but has the most completely different definitions from one person to another.

The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.

I'm a future legend. And you're the legend killer.