Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

It is important to me to instill in [kids] a sense of compassion and respect for others.

It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes.

My wealth is measured not in money but in photographs, not in quantity but creativity.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Tonight I'll be interviewing Ken Watanabe, Keisha Castle Hughes, Benecio Del Toro and Djimon Honsou - and yes, those are actors, not caterers.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global dimensions.

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.

To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.

It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.