The worst defeat of all is to surrender without having been defeated. And it is Christmas that obliterates both.

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.

A Mother & Daughter's Love Is Never Separated

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

There were many reasons we broke up. There was a religious difference: I'm a Catholic, and she's the devil.

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

My wife and I are always concerned about how long it's going to take to eat out. You just don't know.

I'm welding the bimbo room shut.

Philosopher is becoming God in the process called life.

God looks after children, animals and idiots.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.