If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange thing, if we have to endure sicknesses, losses, bereavements, and disappointments, just like other men. Free pardon and full forgiveness, grace along the way, and glory at the endall this our Savior has promised to give. But He has never promised that we shall have no afflictions.

I have to be patient, keep performing, and be consistent.

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you’ve already had.

As history proves abundantly, mathematical achievement, whatever its intrinsic worth, is the most enduring of all.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

It’s my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.

People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. … I’d found the one true, enduring romance of my life.