“The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.”

Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.

It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn’t matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother’s unexpected need.

Maintaining peace with God is more important than keeping pace with someone else.

Good people don’t go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.

If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

At the end of the day, God’s love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don’t plan not to.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.

My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.

The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news False history gets written every day … the lesbian archaeologist watches herself sifting her own life out from the shards she’s piecing, asking the clay all questions but her own.

I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.

He illustrated by saying he believed the world was created in six 24-hour days. And he repeated this to make an impression upon us.

You don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.

I eat everything I want on Christmas day.

It’s as if, in the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:’You are there!’

Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don’t, you are working.