Sadly, in too many cases surrender is having been ‘outrun’ by fear rather than having ‘run out’ of heart.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

I am sensible that to own an inclination for a man is to put one's self wholly in his power

You want to be great? Help others achieve their greatness

Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.

A friend of mine says that every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells and when I give a man an office I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.

Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.

Do you want your life to truly take off? Then change your idea about it. About you. Think, speak and act as the God You Are.

I went to the audition for a laugh and got the part for the way I walked down the corridor. There's no justice is there? [on getting a role from an audition