There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable.
The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.
A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best.
A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.
I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American.
Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion.
A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.
I'm not offended until you think I'm offended.
Wisdom without Christ brings bitterness; with Christ it brings compassion.
When making a point, there are 2 types of people who may disagree with you: those who can support their reasons, and the childish ones who are too worried about being told what to do.
The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled in the way that he sees fit, he, in revolt, storms out of the house in denial of the Word of God and in scrutiny of a...
For wordsmiths and masters of words, without necessarily being harsh with words, the words have a tendency to shoot straight to the hearts of people, and this either deeply touches them or deeply angers them. Like the apostles in all their loving con...
You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.
Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.
It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.
Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.
The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.
The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.
