People are like tea bags—they never know their own strength until they get into hot water.

In some respects, progressing through life is like running a marathon.

Jesus asks me to go to him when I am overburdened. He did not promise to take away those burdens, for I must carry mine as he carried his.

Sometimes life makes you older than your age.

As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

When kids run up to me and ask, 'What happened?' I just lean over and whisper, 'Cigarettes.' And once I was in a car and this girl at traffic lights was giving me the eye. She could only see my head, so I decided to do a 360 in the car seat to freak her out. Her face was like, 'Whoa, what is going on?' She sped off really quickly.

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in. - Lou Holtz

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron.

Do not give way to lowness while you are young. Rise up on the strength of God and resolve to conquer.

But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.

If we didn't struggle through some things, we would never develop the strength and stamina we need to survive in this world.