“Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.”

God’s LOVE is Like an Ocean; You can See its Beginning, but not its end.

If you are facing trouble right now, don’t ask, “Why me?” Instead ask, “What do you want me to learn?” Then trust God and keep on doing what’s right.

The purpose of influence is to “speak up for those who have no influence.” It’s not about you.

Failure isn’t a character quality. It’s just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.

If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.

God specializes in giving people a fresh start.

Life minus love equals zero.

Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.

You don’t bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.

God doesn’t intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.

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

Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

Nothing else you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God.

You weren’t put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.

When God is at the center of your life, you Worship, when He’s not, you Worry.

I’ve been inspired by a shitload of people in my life so if there’s ever anybody that I can inspire, to me that’s a huge gift. To be able to turn that back around.

Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother

Beauty is a fragile gift.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.

You left me with nothing. But the gift to write the most beautiful sad poems.

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.