When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

Know a man by his metaphors.

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.

People of this world, look upon this city and see that you should not and cannot abandon this city and this people.

We don't get to know anything but what we love.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

I would like to have campaign spending limits...

Additional problems are the offspring of poor decisions. When inquiry and advocacy are combined, the goal is no longer 'to win the argument', but to find the best argument.

Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.