Fathers need to be tough and tender...you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place.
Every great cause was initiated by someone whose heart was broken.
Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.
We're not to follow our hearts, we're to guard our hearts.
Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.
Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want to be a good friend but do not wisely seek good friends are bound to be taken advantage of, abused, neglected, and suffer from their foolish friend choices.