Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself? This ought to be our purpose, then: to conquer self, to become stronger each day, to advance in virtue.

For when the grace of God cometh to a man, then he becometh able to do all things, and when it departeth then he will be poor and weak and given up unto troubles. In these thou art not to be cast down nor to despair, but to rest with calm mind on the will of God, and to bear all things which come upon thee unto the praise of Jesus Christ; for after winter cometh summer, after night returneth day, after the tempest a great calm.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things are lawful for itself and all things are possible.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

I think no matter what or no matter who you are you're always going to get some type of negativity, whatever that may be.

I had bad back injuries; two bulging discs and a broken fragment off a disc, all in my sciatic nerve.

My rookie year in New England was mind-blowing.

If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities.

Here is no choice but either do or die.

There's no excuse to give up the hand you're dealt. You've just got to keep fighting and make something positive out of it.

But instead of telling him what to think, I taught him how to think. He then reached a bold decision about what to do, on his own.

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