Poverty is not a sin; it is a condition, a circumstance that allows God's work to be displayed.

Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.

I will not change the world. Jesus will do that. I can, however, let Him use me to change the world for one person.

I don't always know where this life is going. i can't see the end of the road, but here is the great part: courage is not about knowing the path. It is about taking the first step.

I believe there is only one truly courageous thing we can do with our lives: to love unconditionally. Absolutely, with all of ourselves, so much that it hurts and then more.

Courage isn't about knowing the path, it's about taking the first step.

God doesn't tell us to care for the less fortunate, He demands it.

We are not called to be safe, we are simply promised that when we are in danger, God is right there with us. And there is no better place to be than in His hands.

Do not forget in the darkness what you have been promised in the light.

Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption. It is the Gospel in my living room.

Thankfully, God's plans also happen to be much better than my own.

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast, ' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

I am ashamed of my century, but I have to smile.

Positive spirit, positive strength.

Luck is what you have left over after you give ioo percent.

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.

If a religion is unpatriotic, it ain't right.

To have more, we must first become more.

These patients have turned away from outer reality; it is for this reason that they are more aware than we of inner reality and can reveal to us things which without them would remain impenetrable.

I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music.

You can't be twenty-four hours of just Bush-bashing.