Don't let emotions paralyze you.

Almost without exception the most beautiful, selfless people I've met are ones who've experienced personal tragedy.

The great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.

The family of Abraham will no longer feel temptations, and the family of Job will not feel afflictions. The family of David will no longer mourn loss and death, the family of Paul will not feel thorns in the flesh, and the family of Lazarus will no longer be afflicted by poverty and sores.

As long as you are black, and you're gonna be black till the day you die, no one's gonna call you by your goddamn name. So no matter what you are called, nigger, you just let it roll off your back like water, and you'll make it. Just pretend you're a goddamn piece of furniture. [Said to his chauffeur, Robert Parker, when Parker said he'd prefer to be referred to by his name rather than "boy," "nigger" or "chief."]

Don't hate them," Mama said as if reading Ans's mind. "They'll win if we hate them.

The Devil is vicious, but he's not victorious.

The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand. —PSALM 37:23—24

It's impossible to hold up the banners of victim and victory at the same time. With

It's necessary for you to not let pain rewrite your memories, and it's absolutely necessary not to let pain ruin your future.

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He's not just looking to distract you, or tempt you, or pull you slightly off course. He's looking to devour you.