Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

Vision encompasses vast vistas outside the realm of the predictable, the safe, the expected.

It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.

The decision to give ourselves to others is a daily taking up of the cross.

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change

We are often so caught up in our activities that we tend to worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship.

[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.