A few things I've been reading lately:

From "The Challenge of Jesus" by N.T. Wright: "If we are to follow Jesus Christ we need to know more about the Jesus Christ we are following...The disciplines of prayer and Bible study need to be rooted again and again in Jesus himself if they are not to become idolatrous or self-serving. We have often muted Jesus' stark challenge, remaking him in our own image and then wondering why our personal spiritualities have become less than exciting and life-changing."

From "The Deeper Christian Life" by Andrew Murray: "What helped Peter?...It must come with us to a conviction of sin; it must come with us to a real, downright earnest repentance, or we can never get into the better life. We must stop complaining and confessing, 'Yes, my life is not what it should be and I will try to do better.' That won't help you."

I'm also reviewing a book called "Every Woman's Battle" (insert your own joke here) for work, but I can't imagine you'd care about any quotes from that...