What may appear as audacity God views as authenticity.

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

We've got to stop being the stupid party. It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.

If I have to be a monotheist, y'know pick one, I'm picking vodka, it goes well with everything, all occasions.

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.

I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate change that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.

Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.

The slender capacity of man's heart cannot comprehend the unfathomable depth and burning zeal of God's love toward us.

Holding back is so close to stealing.

ObamaCare is not a 'trainwreck,' it is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees, to capitulate, so we agree under duress to accept big government.