God has promised that whatever you face, you are not alone. He knows your pain. He loves you. And He will bring you through the fire.

My brokenness is a better bridge for people than my pretend wholeness ever was.

In these uncertain times, I know 100 percent that I can stake my life on the unshakeable, unchanging promises of God!

Some people will not understand what the love of Christ compels you to do; do it anyway.

When our dreams seem to go sour or remain unfulfilled, hopelessness can dominate our lives-or we can hold on with open hands, knowing that we have hope because God is faithful.

It takes deliberate and continuous effort to carve out time in our overfull schedules to listen to the voice of God.

The world is not looking for Stepford-type Christians. People are tired of pretense. We struggle with failures; we long for intimacy. So why are we feigning perfection before God and one another.

The Father is truly the only Promise Maker who is in earnest a Promise Keeper. A promise from God is a promise kept.

It's my absolute passionate belief that every single human being, man, woman, or child, is aching to find a face-to-face relationship with God.

Lord God, I long to hear Your voice but not just secondhand through teachers, as wonderful and godly as they can be. I long to hear Your voice firsthand.

God talks to His people-to each one of us-through His Word, through the counsel of godly friends, and through the Holy Spirit.

The Lady may favoryou, but at least I am in charge of my own destiny.

One thing you notice about progress, kid, is that it doesn't happen to everyone.

And there is nothing more dangerous in this world, in any world, than someone calm, clear and angry.

I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.

The hunger of the eye is not to be despised; and they are to be pitied who have starvation of the eye.

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

Working is a big part of me and my life and I wasn't happy to stay at home - I'm a workaholic.

What you think of me is none of my business. What is most important is what I think of myself.

When I see four young kids in a band, I think, That looks really fun, no matter how shitty they are. You develop your own thing, and get excited about your band name. It's all so harmless.

We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.