Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.
Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.
Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.
God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.
Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.
I'm a very jaded and cynical person.
I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague. . . or inductive logic in any kind of writing. I'm impatient with writers who make too much sense. The better things that I've done have come to me by instinct.
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?