The single most important hindrance to world evangelization right now is the lack of total involvement by the body of Christ.

When our service for the Lord becomes so busy that we forget the Lord Himself, it is time to stop everything and seek Him.

All too often, it seems, we're willing to be students of Christianity rather than disciples of Christ.

Maybe it doesn't seem like anyone ever watches or appreciates you. Maybe no one on earth understands you. But your King is always watching you. Do it all for Him.

The most unhappy people in the world are the ones who live only for themselves.

If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.

It is a lifelong choice to deliberately and habitually bring ourselves under God’s authority.

The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.

Is this really the church of Christ, or are we just calling it the church because of our traditions and history?

Walk away from your own preoccupations . . . and see the perishing multitudes.

Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.

I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.

To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

I think, Tom Friedman is right, and I think that we have to - we have to have a serious public dialogue to try to shift public policy in that regard.

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.

I have a little nursery rhyme for all you children out there, something even the Godfather can understand. 'You can prance and you can dance, but when it comes to relations, keep it in your pants.

They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies.

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.

Resistance to oppression is second nature.