“Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.”

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.

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.

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

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.

Learning never takes place while you’re talking.

Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.

Not by blaming the world, not by shunning the world, but only be loving the world can I have peace of mind.

Do not Blame the world. Find a solution.

Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies.

I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being – to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.

What I do now is all my dad’s fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.

Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.

It’s your career, your face, your name. You have to be in control because if something gets messed up or something doesn’t look how you want it to, you’re the only one to blame.