All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book.

I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in the acknowledgment. We don't want to be characters in a story because characters have to move and breathe and face conflict with courage. And if life isn't remarkable, then we don't have to do any of that; we can be unwilling victims instead of grateful participants.

You never question the truth of something until you have to explain it to a skeptic.

It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.

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

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.

Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.