We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom.

Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.

I am a Christian, not because someone explained the nuts and bolts of Christianity, but because there were people willing to be nuts and bolts.

Save me from trendy religion that makes cheap clichés out of timeless truths.

When you stop being so afraid of failing you become much more free to succeed

We were given the Scriptures to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing.

It always cracks me up when people try to impress God, because people don't have to impress God. He's already knocked out by you.

Love is found in the things we've given up, more than in the things that we have kept.

Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.

After you're dead [...] it's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.

My salvation has very little to do with anything that I have done... Jesus will go to any lengths to draw us to himself.

Does the human heart know chasms so abysmal?

Every hour, stop and ask: Am I really present in this moment? If not, what are my thoughts focused on? Doing this often will help you return to the present moment.

The greater good has been defined as "the ends justify the means." The common good says that "liberty resides in the means.

Now I can tell you something dirty. I like men who have a foot fetish. I absolutely think it's the most charming thing. It's just so romantic.

That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.

Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open.

My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.

Beauty is really all about confidence. If you feel beautiful, then you are beautiful.

Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, And immortality endures.

You can have everything you want as long as you don't want it badly enough.