To be wrecked begins with an experience that pulls you out of your comfort zone and self-centeredness, whether you want it or not.

I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both.

I used to think that your calling was about doing something good in this world. Now I understand it’s about becoming someone good—and letting that goodness impact the world around you.

Discomfort is the sign, you are on right track.

If you're "one in a million", and the world is full of seven billion people, that means there are seven thousand people just like you.

...we find our vocations not by focusing on ourselves, but by focusing on others.

The path to your dream is more about following a direction than arriving at a destination.

You are a writer. You just need to write.

If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering.

Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.

Serving people is the best way to earn influence.

It does. This is how it should have been anyway.' I caught my breath as he kissed my neck, teeth grating my skin. 'And I'll take back what's mine.

To those who are struggling. To talk about a struggle, you're likely to forget about it. To be shown a struggle, you're likely not to forget it. But, to live through a struggle, you'll understand it.

Our character isn’t defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight.

I love Velveeta cheese.

Christianity is a strangely cheery religion.

Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned.

We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads,--and then we can hardly see anything else.

A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams.

Self-realization is effortless. What you are trying to find is what you already are.

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.