How you live your life on this side of the grave determines what happens next.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.- Toni Morrison

The time is ripe and rotten-ripe for change then let it come.

That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy.

Don’t start. I saw Marcie climb inside your Jeep.” “She needed a ride.” I adopted a hands-on-hips pose. “What kind of ride?” “Not that kind of ride,” he said slowly.

Christians call it faith ... I call it the herd.

The Syrian government is weak today in 2017, but it's been gathering strength. And I think it's likely that, in the next few years, you will see the Syrian government retake much of Syria.

WANT shows up in conversation - EXPECTATION shows up in behavior.

Let us look ahead as little as possible, keeping our eyes on … the world of beauty around us.

Perhaps the best way to write is to do so as if one were already dead, afraid of no one's reactions, answerable to no one's views.

Vulcan?" Leo demanded. "I don't even LIKE Star Trek!