Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

We love those whom we serve (p. 26)

I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.

Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

Sometimes our arms are so full with the burdens we carry that it hinders our view of the load those around us are staggering beneath.

There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it wasn't something better.