Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.

I focused on where she was from of course, her voice and her history, her relationship with God - her religion. This was probably the strongest relationship she has had, really. She never seemed to maintain close relationships with husbands.

I don't believe I have a mission. Sometimes I really have a spiritual need to say something more general about the world, and sometimes something personal.

Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at the core of the Gospel is the only hope for humanity. Wherever you go, ask God for wisdom on how to get that Gospel in, even in the toughest situations of life.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.