Why not begin operating under the idea that God has given us excess, not so we could have more, but so we could give more?

We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.

If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime.

This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness

When you come to Jesus, you don't come to get health, wealth and prosperity. You come to Jesus to get Jesus

People will never know how glorious the cross is until they know how serious sin is.

Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.

Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.

This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation.

People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians

The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.

Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.

Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean?

I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.

I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.

Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one.

I want to be a rebellious McDonald's owner. Cheeseburgers... NOPE... we got spaghetti!

The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.

For me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.