No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.

Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go."

Faith is two empty hands held open to receive all of the Lord

THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?

When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him.

The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.

A throne is God's purpose for you; a cross is God's path for you; faith is God's plan for you.

We are fit for the work of God only when we have wept over it, prayed about it, and then we are enabled by Him to tackle the job that needs to be done.

The best place any Christian can ever be in is to be totally destitute and totally dependant upon God, and know it.

The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.

We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people--you will be that inevitably--but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God's Son.

T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

“Who are you?” One who has waited long for you to speak.

I might have enjoyed the company of a woman or two... Or three but that had never stopped me from loving you.

She was at the beauty shop for two hours. That was only for the estimate.

The only way to break a bad habit was to replace it with a better habit.

I've been trying to write. I also spent a lot of time on different campuses, in conversation, helping other writers. That's what I do: I teach them writing.

The nature of war is constant change.

There's a big difference between being able to explain religion intellectually and transforming that knowledge into spiritual experience.

I started skateboarding at around age 10, and enjoyed the artistic aspect of it as much as the sporting aspect, so for me it was more of an art form and a lifestyle.