Self-worth and net worth are not the same.

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

The ancient Egyptians had a superstitious antipathy to the sea; a superstition nearly of the same kind prevails among the Indians; and the Chinese have never excelled in foreign commerce.

Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a doctrine of superstition and ignorance.

I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.

Fame comes and fame goes, but you have to be able to laugh about yourself and to take it with a grain of salt.

When I meet a girl, I just sort of do really over-exaggerated terrible dance moves... a lot of hip movements. I get them laughing, and get them to feel pity for me, and then they like me!

And immediately Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.

In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

We're living in a world where everything moves very quickly. We've become a very visual society, so I think it's a very natural thing that people are captivated with the illustrations in a story.

At about the age of ten, during a late summer visit to Sears to buy school clothes, I became aware of the concept of candy by the pound.

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.