Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will.

I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.

Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.

We believe we will be made whole by our accomplishments, our possessions, or our social status. It's written in the fabric of our DNA that life used to be beautiful and now it isn't, and if only this and only that, it would be beautiful again.

Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.