The only way we can leave the pain or sin from our past is to face it with Christ. For the past cannot be forgotten, it can only be forgiven and redeemed.

How easy it is to blame others for our unhappiness, but we are only unhappy when something other than Christ has become our life.

The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.

If you are serious about becoming like Christ, He is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him.

God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.

I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself and hear Him speak through imperfect people.

God calls us not only to know His Word, but also to pray it.

The real goal of Christianity is not to create a religion about God, but that we would actually know Him, experiencing firsthand the wonders and power of His incomparable life.

You can make time to read for 10-20 minutes daily.

And this new air was so delicious, and all his old life seemed so far away, that he forgot for a moment about his bruises and his aching muscles.

What your critics say about you is unimportant. You are what you think of yourself.

A thing of beauty is a boy forever.

It was going all wrong at my college interview until I nonchalantly asked "Do you need any large donations for new buildings?"

Failures not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

I'm an eight hours kind of sleeper, so I definitely try to schedule that in.

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.

I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.