Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too.

A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

There has never been, and there will never be, another human who will be more successful than the humble Teacher, Jesus Christ.

If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is

I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Advances in science help to delegitimize the rule of kings and the power of the Church.

When you want something bad enough, you work your butt off for it.

Minnesotans really think they run the whole world, I love that.

There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples.