No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the grace of the gospel.

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.

Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.

If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]

There's no sin but stupidity.

I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.

A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.

The only real security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way.

When our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success.