Honor, publicly, results in influence, privately.

We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.

To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.

Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.

Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing

You want my advice? Put down your phone. Hug her from behind and kiss the back of her neck. Entwine your fingers with hers…. You’re welcome.

Everything I do nowWas once an unremembered dream.-Spoken by Dr. Perry after return from the chrysalis

Here's to one of the most beautiful kind thoughtful people I have ever known . . . You are getting more like me every day.

It's never fun when we're in the midst of the storm. But when we land someplace we know we never could have found on our own, it is a beautiful thing.

People think I was born in top hat and tails.

There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless; it must be done by the Spirit.

I'm a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.

The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp.

What we all tend to complain about most in other people are those things we don't like about ourselves.