“ Take all of this book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier and better man. Stephen Mansfield
“ Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused, he once wrote. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? Stephen Mansfield
“ G. K. Chesterton: The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children. And Stephen Mansfield
“ Because of what a man is meant to be for his family, his society, and his God, he cannot allow failure and loss to destroy him. He should live knowing that such seasons are possible, and he should hav… Stephen Mansfield
“ HAVING THUS CHOSEN OUR COURSE, WITHOUT GUILES AND WITH PURE PURPOSE, LET US RENEW OUR TRUST IN GOD, AND GO FORWARD WITHOUT FEAR AND WITH MANLY HEARTS. —Abraham Lincoln, Address to Congress, July 4, 18… Stephen Mansfield
“ Finally, in more serious situations, man humor confronts fear and prepares the heart for action. It’s a tool for dealing with danger, quieting panic, and calling comrades to prepare to charge. Call it… Stephen Mansfield
“ It is time to let them go. Open the cages, tell them you’re sorry, forgive them as Jesus forgave you, and burn that trophy room to the ground. Stephen Mansfield
“ In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle said, Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way . . . you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate act… Stephen Mansfield
“ Hard times are painful, but also redemptive—meaning that in the hand of God they accomplish good things in our lives. Stephen Mansfield
“ Far better to know people for the cruel creatures that they are, and to love them despite their flaws, than to love them as we wish them to be and constantly be disappointed and hurt. Stephen Mansfield
“ Behind all great achievement there lies great toil: nothing that is worth doing is done easily.41 Stephen Mansfield
“ While Churchill was relieving himself, one of the leading nationalizers entered the room and began doing his business right next to Churchill. The irritated conservative moved to the far end of the tr… Stephen Mansfield
“ What we want and need in our bitter, rebellious times is God, but unwilling to turn fully to him, we reach for idols and forfeit his intended grace. Stephen Mansfield
“ Physical strength is never what makes a man manly. Rather, it is moral strength that identifies the true man, Stephen Mansfield
“ It may even be that you can find absolutely nothing redeeming about the people who have wronged you. Perhaps the only hook of compassion you can find is to pity them in their sinful state. Whatever th… Stephen Mansfield
“ Here is where it leads us. And let me make this clear: there is nothing that happened in that wounding experience with that church that is worth what is happening to you now. Stephen Mansfield
“ But the truth is, when it comes to emotional pain—the pain that registers inside—the greatest damage is often the thing that continues to resonate when the feeling of the pain subsides. It is that mes… Stephen Mansfield
