Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little.

Agonies are one of my changes of garments.

Painful experiences can be used to better prepare us for heaven. You see, if we let it, even pain can shape us—make us better people—get rid of some of the ugly parts of our humanity.

Troy went into debt and bought his new equipment because he didn't want to be held back by demanding circumstances.

I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.

We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.

The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

Suffering has always been with us, does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.

He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.

Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.

It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.