What you pray for reflects what you believe about God.

We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.

To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.

Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.

Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing

Your calling is in your difference and uniqueness

If you reconnect with nature and the wilderness you will not only find the meaning of life, but you will experience what it means to be truly alive.

We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

Symbols mean something and symbols often can spark hope and action in people particularly young people.

Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning.

No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind.

Pretend hard enough and maybe it will go away.

The cure for the greatest part of human miseries is not radical, but palliative.

..he wanted her. And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.