My work means that we have lived in different parts of the world and in each there has always been something to be afraid of. Gangsters, extremist political groups Right and Left tossing bombs into restaurants, hijacks, holdups, a city plumb on the line of an earthquake fault. We have long had a compact, with ourselves, with life; life is dangerous. We live with that; in the one certainty that fear is the real killer.

Love doesn't cast out fear but makes it possible to weep, howl, at least.

What a stunning picture this gives us of God's amazing providence—His ability to look ahead, know exactly what is coming, and make provision for us before we even get there. He is not only a God who can help us handle our current issues and pressures but One who has already prepared comfort, help, and blessing for problems that aren't even on our horizon.

Worry is a state of mind based on fear.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Fear of anything other than God is mutually exclusive to faith in God.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

Let your courage rise with danger.

After years of imprisonment, physical and emotional abuse, and separation from his family, Mandela said, "I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away." So Mandela's story is really the story of those two things he never gave away: his brilliant mind, and his great heart.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself - so always think positively.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.