Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

While fear depletes power, faith gives wings for the soul’s elevation.

Our awareness of God starts where self-sufficiency ends.

Even our parents seemed to agree more and more with the television version of things, listening to the reporters' inanities as though they could tell us the truth about our own lives.

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it's not.

When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut.

You know the old expression "We haven't inherited the world from our parents, we've borrowed it from our children"? Well it's just not true. We haven't borrowed anything.

If you vote against the Defense Authorization Act in the Senate, you would also veto it as president.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.