Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won't leave you where you were.

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.

Giving and receiving is the law of life. When we give with love and accept with deepest gratitude, our souls rejoice.

My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia with Love.'

Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.

I wear a name tag to help people find me. It saves time when you're dealing with idiots.

When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.

God of peace, you are at the center of my life, a strong refuge of peace in the whirlwind of my pain. I look to you for strength and a constant assurance of hope.

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

The rank and file are not philosophers, they are not educated to think for themselves, but simply to accept, unquestioned, whatever comes.

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.