"If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit."

"Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting."

"If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit."

"Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible."

"It is a humble truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them."

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them."

"It is a timeless truth that bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts."