The theology of the hammer embraces wholeheartedly the idea that the love of God and love of man must be blended. The word and the deed must come together. One without the other is devoid of meaning … As the deed gets closer to the word, God gets closer to us. The results are always wonderful — and sometimes spectacular!

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.

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

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

I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more by asking for it.

This is God's work. It makes blisters and it makes sweat, but it's worth my time and it's worth your time....Working together as God's people in the world-I don't know of anything more rewarding.

We want to make it socially, morally, politically and religiously unacceptable to have substandard housing and homelessness.