The amount of "followers" you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions. Jesus had twelve.

When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'

We can't understand our calling and our vocation until we listen to the Lord... until we look upon the Lord... until we realize who it is that we're really serving. Are we serving God? Or the world?

God made saints out of far worse people than you.

God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you.

God has great plans for you today... creative and unexpected means by which He will make you a saint. He needs only your joyful submission to His plan.

Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.

Pentecost is a celebration of God... a celebration of God's power... a celebration of God's desire to empower us and to dwell within us.

Authentic Christianity is a roller-coaster ride, not a merry-go-round.

The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart.

If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.

Good will never be enough as long as great exist. Don't look to do better than anyone else aim to do better than your old self.

It doesn’t upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea of one of us without the other. (p.127)

Words are wind.

I spent most summers in Italy as a child either in Tuscany or at the Amalfi coast.

Reply not to me with a fool-born jest.

I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.

It used to take years to become a junkie. But crack cut that down to 37 minutes.

If I'm on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I'll pocket those emotions and put them in a song.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.