Jesus gives us hope because He keeps us company, has a vision and knows the way we should go." -Max Lucado

“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.” -Thomas Aquinas

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.--Ed Cunningham

Friends, books, a cheerful heart, and conscience clear are the most choice companions we have here.--William Mather

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil--but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often--just to save it from drying out completely.--Pam Brown

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.--Swedish proverb

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.--George Washington

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."-—C. S. Lewis

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.--Samuel Butler

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.--John Evelyn

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.--Woodrow Wilson

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...it has no survival value; rather, it is one of those things that give value to survival.--C. S. Lewis

Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.--Barbara Tuchman

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” —Albert Einstein

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” —Confucius

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” —Newt Gingrich

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” —Julie Andrews

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela

 “The best way out is always through.” —Robert Frost

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” —Robert Collier

“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” —Thomas Fowell Buxton

“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” —Napoleon Hill

“A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but its persistence.” —Jim Watkins

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” –-Henry Ford

 “A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot.” –-Joe Vitale

“The student has goals. The master has systems to reach her goals.” —Maxime Legace

“One day or day one. You decide.” —Paulo Coelho

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” —Henry David Thoreau

You can if you think you can. George Reeves

If it matters to you, you’ll find a way. Charlie Gilkey

She believed she could, so she did.

The past does not equal the future. Tony Robbins

Forget about style; worry about results. Bobby Orr

Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln

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Grow through what you go through.

Do it with passion or not at all.