“Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.”

Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.

You’re never without hope, because you’re never without prayer.

Focus on giants – you stumble. Focus on God – Giants tumble.

If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.

Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.

God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue… He is able to do what you can’t. He already has a plan. God’s not bewildered. Go to Him.

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.

Meet your fears with faith.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

Don’t chase what brings anxiety in the equation of your life.

I will not let my grief or anxiety, rob me of compassion or kindness.

I’ve learned one important lesson in my life, and I’m going to share it with you.

Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master

Over and over again in my life, I find closeness to other people and proximity to other people really painful; that’s part of my mental illness, social anxiety.

I can’t imagine turning into one of those codgers who no longer reads fiction. I’m regularly stirred by it and suffer no anxiety of influence. Influence me! That was my credo then, as I was developing and learning, and remains so now, as I’m developing and learning.

You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.