Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Strive to be active rather than lethargic—determined rather than wavering or lazy.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

I think it's really important for my daughter to see her parents being physically fit and for that to be a part of her life. The examples we set for her will stay with her the rest of her life.

It's so easy to conform and to follow. It's very difficult to be rebellious and live by what you believe is right. And to make decisions and to take the consequences. Very few people do.

In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray, Gone from the path direct.

All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue.

Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!

Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.