The most dangerous thing in the world is to have no purpose.

You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history.

And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.

I think if we don't fix the economy and if we don't fix foreign policy, we won't have the luxury of dealing with domestic issues that may be important to Christians but we have to understand that in my view, we've taken our eyes off the ball a bit.

Focus on your accomplishments , not your failures.

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth