You have to be tough and have a lot of faith.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

At United, there are great traditions, which you can’t buy in one or two years. They are created by victories. You need to prove again and again that you are better than the others. Manchester United have always done this, and are still doing it, so they are the best.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.

To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.

God and I have a great relationship, but we both see other people.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.

I’ve always been – you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I’m just being who God made me to be.

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle’s light.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

I’ve had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, ‚Your music sucks, you don’t know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don’t know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.‘

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

If you’re not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your ‚today.‘ The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that’s yours in Christ. Don’t let it go.

All my life, I’ve been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I’ve come is a bogey.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

There’s plenty about God that I don’t understand and can’t explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He’s for us.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

God may be subtle, but he isn’t plain mean.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.

Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world.

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can ‚be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough‘ are not true. They are fairy tales.

Of course, there are those critics – New York critics as a rule – who say, ‚Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it’s good but then she’s a natural writer.‘ Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

Every day that goes by puts us closer to the day when Christ will return.

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

Here in America, we don’t let our differences tear us apart. Not here. Because we know that our greatness comes from when we appreciate each other’s strengths, when we learn from each other, when we lean on each other, because in this country, it’s never been each person for themselves. No, we’re all in this together. We always have been.

Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.