Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love.

Maturity is produced through relationships and community.

Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose a future.

What a difference having a friend makes.

Research shows that people getting healthy together lose twice as much weight as those who do it alone.

The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.

Individuals score points, but teams win games. This is true in athletic events and in life. If you make it in life, your "team" of parents, teachers, ministers, etc., will have played a major role in your success.

We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.

Your friend mourns your losses with you, because they experience them too. The truth is, no matter how lonely you might feel, you're never going through anything alone.

The place where we most belong is not our neighborhood, our nation, our company, or even our family, but our church—the city of God—that caring community where we are known and loved, and where we find deeply supportive faith-building relationships.