Extravagant love is never wasted.
God's Heart is especially tender toward the downtrodden and the defeated. He knows your name and He has seen every tear you have shed.
The final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life that will never end.
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.
There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.
The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.
I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has tried to give others liberty all their adult life, that is absolutely intolerable.
I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to call the plumber. I told her I would fix it and asked her to get my Richard Scarry book 'How Things Work in Busytown. ' Between the picture of a toilet and the text she read to me explaining how the parts worked, I fixed it.
Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.