The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all.

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.

History teachers help children climb mountains.

She couldn't ignore the disjointed sensation that they were now two different pieces of two puzzles, and nothing in the world could make them fit together again.

It is naive to think that sport is above politics, that any kind of level playing field exists, or that sport allows the world to put its problems on hold.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

My father was on the Alcoholics Anonymous wishlist. My mother was on... parole. And lithium.

Orange is the color of the sun. It is vital and a good color generally, indicating thoughtfulness and consideration of others.

He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.

Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you just keep pushing it back as you get older and older. I've accepted it.