We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

Why bad things happen to good people

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

Avoid stress, the doctor had said. Eat lots of good food and enjoy this little mysterious bun cooking in the oven. Ha!

We accept the need to train extensively to fly a plane; but think instinct should be enough for marrying and raising kids.

Your history doesn't need to dictate your destiny

I'm responsible for what people see and what they hear.

I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.

Either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it.

You have to take Bible prophecy literally, just like everything else in the Bible.