We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.

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.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.

The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.

Reading is a mere makeshift for original thinking.

When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down to the ground. Are you able to stand up and keep fighting?! That’s what it’s all about.

Money is life energy that we exchange and use as a result of the service we provide to the universe.

It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.

We took a straight course up the great snow ridge.

[on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right.

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.