Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

The mind knows the truth when your heart denies what it feels. When you don't feel safe to let people in it is because you're not ready to deal with the pain of honesty.

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading, and left my chambers to meet the cool night air in the suburbs.

I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.

The Supreme Court refuses to abandon its convoluted Lemon test. The Lemon test has created havoc, misunderstanding, and hostility toward religion.

Music is one of my greatest loves. I don't think I would be able to live without music in my life.

I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.

It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.

Last year I think I made more from my Image books than anywhere else.

The air's warm with hopeful hints of spring in it. Spring would be a good time for an uprising, I think. Everyone feels less vulnerable once winter passes.