"The weight loss has been a secondary change to the mental changes I have made. Weight loss does not fix problems; how you view yourself does."

“Sure I am a religious man who is also passionate about conserving the environment. But I am also a CEO, with all the bad habits and attitudes that are natural to the species. . . . I am still naturally self-interested, overconfident, full of pride, and eager to control a meeting as any CEO in America. Every day, I struggle with my ego.”

“Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack.”

“For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.”

“The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times.”

Source : Philip Schaff (2013). “Church History”, p.461, Lulu Press, Inc

“Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all”

“It's all the same when you're lonely”

“Sure, I'd love to help you out...now, which way did you come in?”

“Passing beauties are only the fugitive reflectios of the eternal.”