One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that kind of man--glad that God made you a man, glad to shoulder the burden of manliness in a time when to do so will often bring contempt.

We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction.

I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among the marked-down goods on the bargain table, cheap because they’d been pawed over. Crowds collect there. It is only the few who will pay full price. "You get what you pay for.