"God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way."

"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

"You are the most influential person you will talk to all day."

"Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try."

"Remember that failure is an event, not a person."

"God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet."