“If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.”

Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.

A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.

When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.

If God has shown us bad times ahead, it’s enough for me that He knows about them. That’s why He sometimes shows us things, you know – to tell us that this too is in His hands.

You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.

The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.

If you make decisions based upon people’s reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

In week one of the X Factor, just to be a little bit quirky, I decided to say that I like girls who eat carrots. Ever since I’ve had lots and lots and lots of carrots.

I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I’d be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

Today the biggest decisions I make aren’t related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, or Jack-in-the-Box.

There was a better life out there if I made the right decisions and right choices.

Nobody makes me do anything I don’t want to do. It’s my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy.