I grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas... raised by my grandmother. We were very poor and had no indoor plumbing. My grandmother was a very religious woman, though, and she gave me a lot of faith and inner strength.

No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.

The sun shines not on us but in us.