When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.

God is responsible for the consequences of our obedience, WE are responsible for the consequences of our disobedience

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.

It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.

Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we're waiting for.

Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.

From Genesis to Revelation, here's the central message: God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God, the Triune God is in control of all things, period.

Brokenness is God’s requirement for maximum usefulness.

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.

You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.

Everyone's allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point. In fact, it's a mistake not to be.

--anger because pain would drown me without the protective shell.

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.

Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.

A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels.

The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue those steps. It is a primal motivating force, and its absence is paralyzing.

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.

I realized that the people weren't just characters but they were people and they were getting to do something that was so fun and I wanted to be a part of it.

You don't make movies to win awards. You make movies because you want people to see them.