The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.

Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.

Worship is the believer's response of all that they are - mind, emotions, will, body - to what God is and says and does.

We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.

It is easy to make excuses when we ought to be making opportunities.

If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted.