The worst can happen, but the best remains.

AND SO THE shadow fell across us that winter afternoon in 1937, but it rested lightly. Nobody dreamed that this tiny cloud would grow until it blocked out the sky. And nobody dreamed that in this darkness each of us would be called to play a role: Father and Betsie and Mr. Kan and Willem—even the funny old Beje with its unmatching floor levels and ancient angles.

At last she pointed to a second tier in the center of a large block. To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

A. W. Tozer, who said, "It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4)

Pain in the moment, and hope for the future. But sometimes the pain seems to yell, while hope only whispers.

Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action.

Endurance is critical if you want to succeed spectacularly at anything God sets before you.

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it, and the journey is always towards the other soul.

I love trying things and discovering how I hate them.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.