One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

I overheard a young man once saying to his wife, "I can't control you. That's the problem and it's been the problem ever since day one!" And then I heard her answer him and heard her terrible voice. "No!" she said. "The problem isn't that you can't control me, the problem is that you're trying to. Why don't you stop worrying about controlling me and start worrying about controlling yourself?

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.