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.

You may flunk your exams in school and still make it in life, but if you flunk life's exams, you're sunk!

God sends you into a situation not so that He can show He is God; but rather for you to show who you are!

Every problem comes along with it's solution; the bigger the problem, the bigger the testimony. Cheer up!

It's not what you're faced with that's the problem, it's what you do with the situation. Your experience is not the important thing; what really matters is what you do with your experience.

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.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.