What changes need to happen in your life to enjoy Jesus more thoroughly, worship him more passionately, follow him more closely, serve him more diligently, trust him more fully, and proclaim him more boldly?

this is not a time of retreat but rather resurgence. This is not a time for compromise but rather courage.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Through discipline comes freedom.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Rash men wish for dangers beforehand but draw back when they are in them. Brave men are excited at the moment of action, but collected beforehand.

There was nothing wrong, he reminded himself, with healthy fear; only when it escalated into panic did it become a killer.

That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.

A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door. Then there was a loud and authoritative tap.

His eyes shone, and his cheek was flushed with the exhilaration of the master workman who sees his work lie ready before him. A very different Holmes, this active, alert man, from the introspective and pallid dreamer of Baker Street. I felt, as I looked upon that supple, figure, alive with nervous energy, that it was indeed a strenuous day that awaited us.

My nerves tingled with the sense of adventure. Throwing aside my cigarette, I closed my hand upon the butt of my revolver, and, walking swiftly up the door, I looked in.