No man can be confronted with a difficulty which he has not the strength to meet and subdue. Worry is not merely useless, it is folly, for it defeats that power and intelligence which is otherwise equal to the task.

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine...

You can be extremely bright and still have dyslexia. You just have to understand how you learn and how you process information. When you know that, you can overcome a lot of the obstacles that come with dyslexia.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.

There's only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

Ben's chances in the campaign.

Greatness comes only to those who seek not how to avoid obstacles, but how to overcome them.

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us…it is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it that counts.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.