"One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the father prayed, Dear God, make me the kind of man my son wants me to be."

“At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him.”

“As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.”

“The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that separates us from other programs is we train them to compete. So a huge challenge in women's athletics is to get them to compete against their teammates and friends in practice with the same intensity they compete with their bitter rivals. So that's a huge challenge for me, to get the women in practice to go after each other the way you would a rival”

“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”

“He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”

“Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.”

Source : J. A. Jance (2009). “Outlaw Mountain: A Joanna Brady Mystery”, p.6, Harper Collins

“If you really want peace of mind and inner calm, you will get it. Regardless of how unjustly you have been treated, or how unfair the boss has been, or what a mean scoundrel someone has proved to be, all this makes no difference to you when you awaken to your mental and spiritual powers.”

Source : Joseph Murphy, Ph.D., D.D. (2011). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock the Secrets Within”, p.163, Penguin

“I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.”