We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Do you love me Hero?" His pale green eyes were full of torment. "Do you love me like I love you?

The type of love that makes you want to laugh out loud—scream a bit—run in circles—and then repeat? Yeah that’s how I felt about Wes. Totally. Out. Of. Control. Giddiness

When I was 16... I worked in a pet store. And they fired me because... they had three snakes in there, and one day I braided them.

Little did I know that the last words I would say on WNBC would be the last ones anyone would say.

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos.

Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.

America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.

During the 19th-century struggle for womens rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women.

But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their child the way they did.