We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too.

A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

As it turned out, my greatest fear in life had become expectations.

Ready to wrestle with my gorgeous boyfriend? Oh, I´d say I´m ready for that." Nora :D (p.375)

I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.

If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.

I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star.

Don't you know that the very thing a man dreads is the thing that always happens?

Will Herman Cain become the first black President that I acknowledge? I call him a dark horse because he's an unlikely candidate who surged forward, and not because he's a horse.