We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored.

Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings.

Disappointment is just the chance to start once more, this time all the more insightfully.

Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. And in the end, faith will not disappoint. Faith, hope, and dreams will prevail... Our time has come. Our time has come. Our time has come.

If you can manage to be thankful in every situation, really believing that God is working everything out for your good, you will end up with the victory every single time.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

Never give up hope. All things are working for your good. One day, you'll look back on everything you've been through and thank God for it.

Sometimes God allows storms to come together in such a way that they ultimately fulfill something that would never have happened otherwise.

Pain and trials are almost constant companions, but never enemies. They drive me into His sovereign arms. There He takes my disappointments and works everything together for good.

We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.

He looked at the paper before him. He wondered why ineptitude should exist and have its say.

Feeling quiet and empty, he told himself that he would be all right tomorrow. He would forgive himself the weakness of this night, it was like the tears one is permitted at a funeral, and then one learns how to live with an open wound or with a crippled factory.