When you hit a wall, try to dig a tunnel beneath or fly above!

Was God's grace in these dark circumstances that drew me closer to Him.

Poverty is uncomfortable but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Every burden is a blessing.

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.

If you were born to be a nail, you cannot curse the hammer.

I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their hard lessons, moved by their high aspirations-have the will to meet the trials that these times impose.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

Even when bad things happen, He can use them for good.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

All these troubles you've been having aren't a punishment from God. He wants to use them to draw you closer to himself.