When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.
To worry is to add another hazard.
Use your fear. . . it can take you to the place where you store your courage.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Decide. . . whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.
If we think we're a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let's commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.
I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director.
If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers, we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats, we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend that they are role models.
Story is a medicine which strengthens and arights the individual and the community.