Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.

Nothing done with the focus on God is ever a waste of time.

Today, let's be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.

Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

Not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.

Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.

Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.

Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart.

If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

One can never go back. One always has to move forward.

We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. To spend time trying to change that, well, it's like chasing clouds.

But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence.

I'm an oddity of one, my strangeness too complicated to explain or share.

Careful there, Poet. I might start to believe you.

I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.

Everyone's dying. A little, every day. Make it count.

We create the illusions we need to go on.