Quotes by Max Lucado

“The secret of loving is living loved.”

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

“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, dont miss it.”

“He seems perfectly suited to his role. Hes comfortable in both (Anglo and Hispanic) cultures.”

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

I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, Where are you going to get $200,000 per year? To which the man responded, Thats your worry.

Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.

The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven.Take your pick.

God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.

You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your babys diaper, forgive your bosss temper, tolerate your spouses moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.

‎Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love. You cant win it by being winsome. You cant lose it by being a loser. But you can be blind enough to resist it

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, I Can. Youll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

Once you have seen his face you will forever long to see it again.

In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.

We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. Not so in heaven. When heaven sees a breathless body, it sees the vacated cocoon & the liberated butterfly.

When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!

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

A few songs with Him might change the way you sing. Forever.