The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed more in defeating a superior army than in subduing an inferior one. Even more so, the wisdom of God is displayed when He brings good to us and glory to Himself out of confusion and calamity rather than out of pleasant times.

life is filled with such little events, little frustrations, little anxieties, and little disappointments that tempt us to fret, fume, and worry.

Did He create you with an incurable speech impediment?

He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought. I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.

It made him feel as a wound does that you think you cannot bear. But you can bear anything, he thought.

Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated

I've got to be willing to enter into and do battle with the confusion in order to reach the victory on the other side. It's like, I am here, confusion is in front of me, and just beyond confusion waits the answer or skill I need to take my life in a new and incredible direction.

Jehovah moves mountains to create the opportunity of His choosing. It is up to you to be ready to move yourself.

If the source were simply a few behavioral habits, you would have conquered them already.

For this reason it is the dark that provides the leader with his greatest opportunities. It is your response to the dark that determines in large part whether or not you will be called on to lead. For the darkness is what keeps the average person from stepping outside the security of what has always been.

I'm for whatever gets you through the night.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'