When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.

There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.

You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.

Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.

Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we let God be God and jealously guard His honor.

Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.

The activities we do for God are secondary. God is looking for people who long for communication with Him.

Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.

Often the doorway to success is entered through the hallway of failure.

God has a program of character development for each of us. He wants others to look at our lives and say, He walks with God, for he lives like Christ.

No matter how many pleasures Satan offers you, his ultimate intention is to ruin you. Your destruction is his highest priority.

It is a fact that the human heart differs from all other species. While its function to the body is the same of all animals, its participation with human soul is both rhapsodic and fatal. -Rose

Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.

Know your margins

When I was at school I got lines for dropping a big squelchy, loud fart. My teacher, who was a priest, made me write 'I must not fart in class' 100 times. I left that school shortly afterwards.

D'you think he would have thought ahead like that?" said Henry. "Assuredly," said Will. "The man's a strategist." He tapped his temple. "Like me.

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

After three takes, [George Clooney] is like, 'We got it,' and I'm still thinking, 'I'm just getting used to this. I shouldn't have done it in a Russian accent.' No, he's great. He's a good guy.

The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.

The man who coerces another not to eat fish commits more violence than he who eats it.

Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.