We bring nothing to God, and He gives us everything.

Couples don't fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance.

A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.

Fear is intensified by passionate love. The more I care about someone, the more I'm concerned about their welfare. The less we have to lose, in one sense, the easier it is to be "brave."

A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.

Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.

Christian love must be chased after, aspired to, and practiced.

A Christian is never dependent on the response of others to grow spiritually. It's our own heart's decisions that matter

Done well, marital sexuality can be a supremely healing experience.

The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted by how closely our children are walking with the Lord.

Having children made me confront my true fears and trust in God many times over in a much more intensified manner.

Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

I'm going to bed, where I may die.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.