Quotes about Struggle

Why is the process of forgiveness so important? Because even if you have forgiven someone for an offense, you will be tempted to think about it the next time you see her, or the next time she sins against you. Without realizing it, you will pile that sin on top of the old sins. This makes it harder and harder to forgive someone.

The lies that capture us as Christians usually seem to fit well within the borders of our Christianity.

I loved my family, but that night in the car I hit the wall of the reality of relationships in a fallen world.

They have all faced the difficulty of having relationships with flawed people in a broken world, and they have opted to check out.

Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much that kind of figure. His deal with Mephistopheles was to experience everything life has to offer, good and bad.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

My real story is this: I am the citizen daughter of immigrant parents who were deported when I was 14. My older brother was also deported.

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

The only time I really enjoyed myself before was when I was training. Besides that, everything else was an absolute nightmare. It was all about self.

The great things of life are what they seem to be, and for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, are often difficult to interpret. But the little things of life are symbols. We receive our bitter lessons most easily through them.

One cannot always keep an adder in one's breast to feed one, nor rise up every night to sow thorns in the garden of one's soul.