You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.

At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Self-pity NEVER leads to happiness. Avoid it like it's a zombie plague.

We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.

We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change.

Gardening is the purest of human pleasures.

Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes.

In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes

Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.

Fredrick Buechner kind of loosened me up, hes got a little irreverency to him and I have a little too much reverancy.

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

At a certain point memory becomes a beach strewn with landmines, all life’s many losses buried in those sands.