I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

At the martyrdom of Faustines and Jovita, brothers and citizens of Brescia, their torments were so many, and their patience so great, that Calocerius, a pagan, beholding them, was struck with admiration, and exclaimed in a kind of ecstacy, "Great is the God of the christians!" for which he was apprehended, and suffered a similar fate.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Life takes many twists and turns. It bruises and burns and rips apart. But it also loves and heals and forgives.

God does not waste our suffering. It always serves a purpose.

Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.

We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.

While the heart beats, bruise it--it is your only opportunity

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.

It's a daily plan to solve the problems thrown at us and emerge stronger. You pick things up on the way, and you even learn from the players you work with, but your overall philosophy doesn't change.