Pray patiently.Pray purposefully.Pray painstakingly.Pray perfectly.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.

Church is too often the most risky place to be spiritually honest.

A romance book is designed to tell you something about love–its ability to endure, forgive, go the extra mile, care about someone, put someone else first.

If you want to thrive, you need to sow the seeds of self-development.

Despair is the absolute extreme of self-love. It is reached when a man deliberately turns his back on all help from anyone else in order to taste the rotten luxury of knowing himself to be lost.

Deciding what to read is also a matter of filtering.

The difference between ancients and moderns is that the ancients asked what have we experienced, and moderns asked what can we experience.

Farewell to ye all! In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall.

I don't quite have the energy for extra curricular activities. I have to pace myself a little bit more.

Have I allowed my personal human life to become a 'Bethlehem' for the Son of God?