“Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”

To make the most of your life you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you’d have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.

We become whatever we are committed to.

Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.

You’ll find success in life when you stop trying to include God in your plans and Instead ask God to include you in His.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.

There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can’t do it – because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

You are as close to God as you choose to be.

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

In pain, I’d rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.

Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.

learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.

Your body’s made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

You keep me at a distance when all I want to have you is close.

They say eyes don’t lie, but I mistook the distance in your eyes for depth.