The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.

How easy it is to blame others for our unhappiness, but we are only unhappy when something other than Christ has become our life.

If you are serious about becoming like Christ, He is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him.

God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.

I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself and hear Him speak through imperfect people.

The only way we can leave the pain or sin from our past is to face it with Christ. For the past cannot be forgotten, it can only be forgiven and redeemed.

God calls us not only to know His Word, but also to pray it.

The real goal of Christianity is not to create a religion about God, but that we would actually know Him, experiencing firsthand the wonders and power of His incomparable life.

2.27 THE ULTIMATEWith compassion and renunciation walking, With wants and desires ever shedding, With love within one’s heart flowing, Peace and Divinity shall never be wanting.[158] - 2

Lucian was beginning to get used to hearing her small observations at night. More than anything, he realized he liked her voice in the dark. It made him feel less lonely.

Perhaps all pleasure in only relief

It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

He that has patience may compass anything.

Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, 'Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.'

Sometimes those demons are frightening and sometimes they're beautiful.

So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother.