“Striving to gain mastery is like making a valiant attempt to live on the streets.”
“Stop making a valiant attempt, make a go and keep going strong.”
“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground is the heart of men.”
“One of the hallmarks of a life well lived, a life worthy to return to God’s presence and receive a fulness of the Father, is to be “valiant in the testimony of Jesus”. Paul was valiant, and we can be valiant as well. To be “valiant in the testimony of Jesus” is to be faithful.”
“I would never make a lion, I knew that; but I might pick up a small gain here and there in the attempt.”
“This Skarmouth is raw and hungry, striving and unknowable. Everything the races make me feel on the inside is bleeding up through the seams of the street tonight.”