Discipline is rarely enjoyable, but almost always profitable.

God, make me a man with thick skin and a soft heart. Make me a man who is tough and tender. Make me tough so I can handle life. Make me tender so I can love people. God, make me a man.

Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.

If your friends never make you uncomfortable. You don't have friends. You have fans.

Is Jesus a Saviour who saves you, or is he an assistant who helps you save yourself?

Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.

Would your city weep if your church did not exist?

Any person that says, "Of course I wouldn't do ______" doesn't know their own heart.

We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.

If there is no challenging of the sinful heart, there is no gospel preaching.

You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

It seems that God arranged the most humiliating circumstances possible for His entrance, as if to avoid any charge of favoritism.

The two real leads in 'Children of Men' are Clive Owen and the social environment. You know, this same movie without the social environment maybe is just like a generic chase movie.

I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'

Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it.

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.