It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

There is no substitute for education.

You have a responsibility to keep your homes, surroundings and city clean.

How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?

ignorance to a certain degree can be corrected but, it shall always be an effort in futility to correct a certain degree of ignorance!

A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.

Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?

Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand.

That’s the secret of artistic unity. Anybody can achieve it, if he or she will make something with only one person in mind.

I am plain-speaking out of both sides of my mouth.

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.