A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

Don’t be afraid to speak from personal experience; in many ways, those vulnerable moments will be the key that unlocks a hardened heart.

The church is like manure. Pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood. Spread it out, and it enriches the world.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.

One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.

Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.

Have you stopped seeing great things happen in your life? Perhaps you have stopped believing that God can work in a mighty way even in our generation.

When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.

Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop.

It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

The legal profession is notorious for complicating the simples of things.

Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.

It is the greatest feeling in the world. When we shine, we defy death for the moment. We enter into a state of immersion in the craft we ply, a state in which we become one with what we do.

Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word ‘no’ mean to a child? Almost nothing.

Faith's only function is to receive what grace offers.

I don't like those chiffon nighties ... they show your vest.

I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism.

She wasn't feeling nothing. She was feeling too much. She was blocking it all out. That was a survival skill, and her still-beating heart was proof that it worked.

I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.

For me, environment is all. Place — as I was saying about my students — is absolutely essential.