I was young enough to be an optimist.
Vulnerability creates unimaginable space to build each other up, as much as it creates ample room to tear each other down.
Our experiences are the building blocks of the future hewn out of the granite of the present.
She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude.
I fear that should I seek out the treasures around me, they might by comparison reveal that I have not cultivated the treasures within me.
Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl tha...
We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.
We need to forgive the adolescent versions of ourselves, if only because we need the practice to forgive those who are maturing awkwardly in our lives.
Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.
He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things.
He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success.