If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.

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

Christ--the quickest way to send a bloke mad is to let him go on re-fighting his war till he gets it right.

By becoming aware of how you eat your eating will become a rich experience blessed with tasteful flavor, joyful texture, a deep sense of gratitude, and pleasurable contentment.

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

To the Christian death is the exchanging of a tent for a building.

I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend.

And I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover.

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo.

Sanity? Sorry, but I don't remember having such a useless thing in the first place.

There are far too many people out there who take themselves too seriously.