We don't have to be brilliant.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.

Don’t be afraid of change. Change happens for a reason. Roll with it. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality.

I had spent about three months where I couldn't sing at all, so that was anxiety-provoking. But after that, I went back out. I sang for two hours in my garage one day to see if I had a voice.

We are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.

I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary. I have to tell stories because that's the way the wiring went in.

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.

I tend not to look back. It's confusing.