Love and sacrifice are closely linked, like the sun and the light. We cannot love without suffering and we cannot suffer without love.

Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.

If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on the other. A willingness to suffer proves the genuineness of love.

Stay Positive It's easy to be positive when everything in life is going great. The hard part is staying positive when you get knocked down and kicked around. The fact is, no one goes through life untested. If you study history, sports, and business, you will find that every great leader and team had to overcome adversity and challenges to define themselves and their success

What can I learn from this challenge? What is it teaching me? Then he would stay positive and trust that the lessons would make him stronger, wiser, and better.

Every crisis offers an opportunity to grow stronger and wiser; to reach deep within and discover a better you that will create a better outcome. So while this is your crisis, what matters most is what you do with it.

Stifter once said, "Pain is a holy angel, who shows treasures to men which otherwise remain forever hidden; through him men have become greater than through all joys of the world.

We may only imagine the scene, the old man, the rough ex—sea captain who had so loved little Wilberforce as a boy, and who had entertained such hopes for him, only to see them dashed.

All right," he wrote, "if [the devil] devours me he shall devour a laxative (God willing) which will make his bowels and anus too tight for him. Do you want to bet? One has to suffer if he wants to possess Christ."

Fireproof doesn't mean that a fire will never come, but that when it comes you'll be able to withstand it.

A man who loses his money, gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.