I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

Conflict reinforces our need for God, drives us to him, forces us to look at him more closely, and deepens our trust.

Conflict brings out the leader in us, transforms our lives from the mundane to the cosmic, and by God's grace forges us into more compassionate, selfless leaders.

Conflict in our stories isn't in the way; it is the way--to becoming better leaders, better image bearers, to creating a better story--to the fulfillment of the Story.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

It's easy enough to be pleasant when everything goes like a song, but the man who is worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong.

I decline to accept the end of men... I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Hope says to us constantly, "go on, go on," and leads us to the grave.