“Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.”

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”

“We cannot alter facts but we can alter our ways of looking at them.”

“No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.”

“It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.”

“A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”