"Your mistake does not define who you are. You are your possibilities."

-Oprah Winfrey

"Those who drive steamrollers should know who they are."
-Monica Hymas

He wants you to succeed!

"My dear brothers and sisters, there will be days and nights when you feel overwhelmed, when your hearts are heavy and your heads hang down. Then, please remember, Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, is the Head of this Church. It is His gospel. He wants you to succeed. He gave His life for just this purpose. He is the Son of the living God."

-Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Have We Not Reason to Rejoice?"

"Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
–Walt Disney 

You don't just quit

"Yes, the job was hard, but quit? No. This was the one time in my life when I knew I was exactly where the Lord wanted me to be. And when you know something like that, you don’t just quit because you’re sleepy."
-Heather Oman, "Breathing"

"I am sure God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait."
- C.S. Lewis

Both optimism and tears.

"I find comfort in the reality that we are sent to mourn with those that mourn. We are not sent to cheer them up. Even though Jesus knew that Lazarus would rise, He did not arrive at the tomb with smiles and assurances that all would be well. The loss was real. It is because He wept at the grave of His friend that I feel I can reach to Him with my own losses....My faith is rooted in both optimism and tears."

-Melissa Young, "Feeling the Loss"