“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

“Never, never, never give in!”

“When life places stones in your path, be the water. A persistent drop of water will wear away even the hardest stone.”

“If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?”

“If it’s true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.”

“Well and good if all things change, O Lord God, provided I am rooted in You.”

“Don’t change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you’re wrong.”

“Christians walk as strangers in the world: They are untamed. They are free. To persevere with love, yet untamed by man, is often what leaves that open space for divine revelation when God so wills.”

“Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.”

“Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes the strain. The goal beckons them onward. Passion doesn’t negate weariness; it just resolves to press beyond it.”

“A true philosopher must never give up.”