"This is how it feels to die: It starts from outside and works its way in."

“A child who thinks he can't do anything on his own eventually can't.”

“I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you can't force it to.”

“Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge and goodness,--these make degrees in heaven, and they must be the graduating scale of a true democracy.”

“People who feel empowered by your presence become kindred spirits.”

“It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious”

“You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself.”

“I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.”

“Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.”

Source : Tullian Tchividjian (2013). “One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World”, p.225, David C Cook