On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.

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.

My reasons to liveWere my reasons to dieBut at least they were mineNow I've freedom unboundCut the laces of life

Faith isn’t pretending our problems don’t exist, nor is it simply blind optimism. Faith points us beyond our problems to the hope we have in Christ.

We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

Things never happen exactly how you think they will.

When you start to build a serious wardrobe, the navy blazer is the very first piece you should choose. It can be a building block for an entire work and casual wardrobe.

If God exists He must be manifest somehow in matter, and His ways are what science is discovering.

As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.

I call "crystallization" that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.

First prize was a week in Philadelphia. Second prize was two weeks.