Quotes from Max Lucado

There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib and the grave, and that is what I am really trying to speak to, this idea that all of life is this life and that there is nothing more than what we see and experience right here on this earth.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold.

Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.

When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you!

You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.

God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.