If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.

Life wasn't made to be easy on folks: they wouldn't ever have any reason to be good and die.

I love, I will accept no substitute; ...; if happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.

There are good men everywhere, at all times. Most men are. Some are just unlucky, because most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be. And I've known some that even the circumstances couldn't stop. ~from 'Delta Autumn

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.

Annoying mishaps always seem to cluster around times of spiritual fruitfulness. That's not exactly coincidence.

God used it all. He used the hard times to draw her closer. He used the struggle to bring them together.

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.