Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows.

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal

Love wasn't all that touched their lives on this planet, but it made everything else endurable.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

Great work is always shunned at first.

Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.

Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.