Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of sacred courage. The balloon never rises until the cords are cut; affliction doth this sharp service for believing souls (Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version)
When you face unexpected events, you have to try to overcome those problems, but at the same time, you have to continue working according to the plan that you defined since the beginning. So that’s what we have tried to do – not to avoid the urgent responses but to continue the route that we had defined. (Laura Chinchilla)
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that’s how I approached the part. (Christopher Reeve)
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself (T. Casey Brennan)
When your head is held high, society pry (Aditi Vyas)
A child has a greater chance of being sexually abused than burned in a fire. Along with stop, drop, and roll we must teach them to yell, run, and tell (Carolyn Byers Ruch)
Because today after all, is all we knew (James Patterson, First Love)
Sure, I like ice cream, but when you keep a healthy lifestyle, it’s: Do you prefer sweets and crappy food, or do you prefer to have a nice body? It depends on what you want more (Tim Howard)
My friends don’t think they’re rich, because they know someone who’s richer (Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn’t Working)
If you think that I am mad now, then take away my books, and you’ll find I’ve completely gone insane! – Jen Selinsky