Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable.
Failure is not the falling down but the staying down.
A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
A journey to Thousand miles begins with one step
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.
If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions?
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
When you lose what you love remember to stay strong. Look out the window and remember life goes on.
You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.
Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.
I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
Not only has my latest book, The Wandering Who?, rocked the boat, but it also has managed to unite Alan Dershowitz and Abe Foxman with Ali Abunimah and Max Blumenthal. That is pretty encouraging: it means that peace may prevail after all.