I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders.

Sometimes that's what prayer is--simply inviting God to join us where we actually are, not because He isn't already here but because inviting Him reminds us it's true.

It's not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.

Not even God can change the past.

Scientists care deeply about their place in that culture, and their contribution to it.

I think Mount Everest is gorgeous, too, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of trying to climb it

One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.

You are who God says you are. Spiritually alive. Heavenly positioned. Connected to the Father. A billboard of mercy. An honored child.

I want to do small things, for small people, and to make the small people big.

I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.