Our mandate in Habitat for Humanity is to work diligently to help bring into being graceful communities, towns, and cities. his is so important because the alternative is disgraceful. We must begin to think like this. If we do, we will increasingly see transformations in our communities.

For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other.

The only safe investment one can make in life is what is given away.

Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.

Nobody loves a good worship service more than I do, but we are called to make religion real, to make our faith come alive. Helping others have a decent place to live is one way to do that and it doesn't take too long for others to recognize it, too.

Faith must become more than a verbal proclamation or an intellectual assent. True faith must be acted out.

It's not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts.