If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin.

Both men and women today see marriage not as a way of creating character and community but as a way to reach personal life goals. They are looking for a marriage partner who will 'fulfill their emotional, sexual, and spiritual desires.' And that creates an extreme idealism that in turn leads to a deep pessimism that you will ever find the right person to marry.

Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.

It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.