"I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me."

"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me."

"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them."

"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different."