Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin.

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

It is a foolish judge who, before the evidence is presented, makes a judgement.

To be in a band on the road is to have anything and everything you want just by picking up the phone.

Swans moulting die, snow melts to tears, Roses do blush and hang their heads

My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, my left is wavering. The situation is excellent. I shall attack!

I believe in a free and open press; people have to cover the presidency, respect the office and its current occupant. And we need it to be a two-way street.

I shall be as secret as the grave.

Criticism per se does not worry me. I've always solicited it as part of the design process.

In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.