Every time you surprise yourself, you inspire yourself. That's the real reward of pushing beyond what you thought was possible. - Bear Grylls

All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

We should try to listen to the quietest person in the room. They're often the ones who see what everyone else misses. Loud doesn't necessarily mean right.

To me, my Christian faith is all about being held, comforted, forgiven, strengthened, and loved — yet somehow that message gets lost on most of us, and we tend only to remember the religious nutters or the God of endless school assemblies. This is no one's fault, it is just life. Our job is to stay open and gentle, so we can hear the knocking on the door of our heart when it comes. The irony is that I never meet anyone who doesn't want to be loved or held or forgiven. Yet I meet a lot of folk who hate religion. And I so sympathize. But so did Jesus. In fact, He didn't just sympathize, He went much further. It seems more like this Jesus came to destroy religion and to bring life.