We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

We can't, it seems, live without [capitalism] even as we complain about it.

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories.

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.

If you like soggy cereal, then we not friends.

Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

If a man amounts to much in this world, he must encounter many and varied annoyances whose number mounts as his effectiveness increases.

A broken wing simply means, you have to find another way to fly. Have a wonderful day people.

You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning.

We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.