“No one accomplishes anything if they decide before they begin that the task is too difficult. I’d rather attempt the impossible and fail than consign myself to failure before even making the attempt.”

“Stand like a beaten anvil.It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.”

“Let the Kingdom be always before you, and believe with certainty and consistency the things that are yet unseen. Let nothing that is on this side of eternal life get inside you.”

“Our inner fire is the spark of hope that drives us through even the darkest times. Do not be so quick to dismiss it.”

“Hope is something that can never be taken from you unless you allow someone to take it. If you never lose hope, you will never truly be poor.”

“We have such numerous interests in our lives that it is not uncommon, on a single occasion, for the foundations of a happiness that does not yet exist to be laid down alongside the intensification of a grief from which we are still suffering.”

“The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.”

“The colors in both of our eyes bled out, knowing that sometimes the most beautiful pieces of art were created from the darkest of souls.”

“Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.”

“Don’t ever give up. Don’t ever give in. Don’t ever stop trying. Don’t ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off.But never, ever, ever give up.”

“Never give up. It’s like breathing—once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can’t do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don’t ever, ever, ever give up.”