My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.

Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.

I write all my sermons.

God is preparing you for greater things. He's going to take you further than you thought possible, so don't be surprised when He asks you to think better of yourself and to act accordingly.

You can be happy where you are.

When you release your faith in uncommon ways, youll see God do uncommon things.

I'm not. I don't – I don't dislike anybody. Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. But my faith is based on what I believe the scripture says, and that's the way I read the Scripture.