The thing that I’m most likely to collapse under is not the weight of the stresses that stand around me, but the ego that sits within me.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.

You never get another first time. I just remember being excited and that feeling of "Wow my dream is really coming true".

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.

Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.

A new dress. Is this all it takes to make a new beginning, this shred of dyed cloth, shaped into the form of a woman's body?

The next time that we meet we meet as enemies!

You cannot explain me with "isms." They are very bad for an artist. What one must believe in is color.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think

If you're lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you've got to put to good use.