The reason we have this inner conviction that death is not the end - and that Heaven exists - is because we were created in the image of God.

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.

Avoid conflicts, Embrace cordiality.

Bad memories were hard enough, but it was torture to be haunted by the good.

Like any value, empathy must be acted upon.

Every year, some 65, 000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.

Refuse to disconnect from love and every relationship will be totally transformed; even the relationship with yourself.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits

I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.

Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer.

The only thing I can count on daily is the unexpected. I usually try to start my day with a run before I even turn on my computer and clog my head with things to be done.

The fame of the rich man dies with him; the fame of the treasure, and not of the man who possessed it, remains.