“But I do believe that's when you do your soul-searching. I think when you have these trials that life gives you, it is an opportunity to find out who you are. Not just who you are when everything's great, but who are you when everything is taken away from you and you have nothing.” ThinkingGivingBelieveSoulOpportunityTakenWho You AreTrialsYour SoulSoul SearchingAway From You Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“So I ask that these papers be taken for what they merely are: exercises, trials, tryouts, a means of displaying possibilities, not establishing fact.” MeanFactsAsksTakenPossibilityExercisePaperTrialsPapersTryouts Book:Forms of Talk Source: Forms of Talk
“On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children's children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.” ThinkingWellsChildrenStatesWholeFactsHousePresidentJusticeWhiteUnitedUnited StatesTakenBearsCriticismAccountsTrialsChiefsMy ChildrenConsiderationWhite HouseTemperamentChief Justice Author:William Howard Taft
“If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually given it in advance. "Give us our daily bread" (not an annuity for life) applies to spiritual gifts too; the little daily support for the daily trial. Life has to be taken day by day and hour by hour.” IfsThinkingGivingLittlesHelpingSpiritualTurnsGivenHoursSupportTakenGraceHorrorTrialsBreadIfs AndDaily BreadSpiritual GiftsOur Daily Bread Author:C. S. Lewis