If you keep people down so they dont become better than you, you gotta stay there to keep them down so you dont progress yourself. What kind of wahala (Suffering) is that ? Leave them to progress so you can expand.

We should never allow our lives to become so hurried or myopic that we ignore the value of the resources around us-especially the people.

His actual name was Joseph, but Luke explains that the Jesus-followers in Jerusalem gave him the nickname Barnabas, which means "son of encouragement

The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also exists for a third purpose, which serves the other two: to encourage one another, to build one another up in faith, to pray with and for one another, to learn from one another and teach one another, and to set one another examples to follow, challenges to take up, and urgent tasks to perform. This is all part of what is known loosely as fellowship.

Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".

He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

People shouldn't be allowed to live so far away," he said at the front door. "What do you gain by hiding away from the world like this? It'll catch up with you anyway.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

The saint who satisfies the heart of Jesus will make other saints strong and mature for God.

When someone thinks that to develop a holy life he must always be alone with God, he is no longer of any use to others.