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

God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.

It is never too late to start growing.

One day it’s all going to be clear. It’s all going to make sense. You’re going to be able to say, “So that’s why God allowed that in my life!” Until then, God wants you to trust him.

God will never love you any less or more than he does right now because his love is based on who he IS,not what you’ve done.

It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

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

In deep pain, people don’t need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.

Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

Great opportunities are often disguised as small acts of service.

The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you’re honored by others.

If Jesus is king in heaven then the Kingdom of God is in heaven. If Jesus is king, reign on earth then the Kingdom of Heaven is on earth. If Jesus is king in my heart, then the Kingdom of God is in me.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Your judgement judges you and defines you.

I’ve always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.

You know, I’m a pretty mellow guy. I’m pretty easy-going. I see everyone’s perspective.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don’t know what to say.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.