Real life begins by committing yourself completely to Jesus Christ.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too.

A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

I will stand up and speak in my own voice and no man will ever silence me again.

How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing there was no end.

Just because it won't last doesn't mean it isn't worth something.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that "ancient institution " the old one.

My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They were both immigrant families that - well, my father's family came as Puritans to Massachusetts.

What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world.

This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind.