Perseverance and Defeats

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

— Maya Angelou —

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Perseverance and Walls

The brick walls are there for a reason...to show how badly we want something.

— Randy Pausch —

The brick walls are there for a reason–to see how badly we want something…

Lent, Peace, Easter, and His Peace

God’s peace is not the calm after the storm. It’s the steadfastness during it.

— Unknown —

God’s peace is not the calm after the storm. It’s the steadfastness during it…

Lent, Peace, and Making Good Friday Good

One of the kindest and most powerful things you can do for someone in need is to pray for them.

— JMeyer —

One of the kindest and most powerful things you can do for someone in need is to pray for them…

Lent, Peace, Love, and Washing Feet

In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we've loved one another.

— Daphne Rose Kingma —

In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we’ve loved one another…

Lent, Peace, and Sacrifice

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well…

Lent, Peace, and Somebody

It's OK to be afraid, just don't be afraid and alone--with the news on.

— JMeyer —

It’s OK to be afraid, just don’t be afraid and alone–with the news on.

Lent, Peace, Tunnels, and Light

The light at the end of the tunnel is your life; the tunnel is temporary.

— Unknown —

The light at the end of the tunnel is your life; the tunnel is temporary…

Lent, Peace, Hope and Knots

The greatest faith is born in the hour of despair. When we can see no hope and no way out, then faith rises and brings the victory.

— Lee Robertson —

The greatest faith is born in the hour of despair. When we can see no hope and no way out, then faith rises and brings the victory…