“Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the player. While cheerleaders serve an important purpose, the real contest involves players on the field or on the court of life. We must not go through life acting only as enthusiastic cheerleaders available for hire; we must be anxiously and personally engaged.”

“While we must always begin from where we are, we need not stay where we are.”

“He knows that having put his hand to the plow he must not look back, because when we are looking back, we are also holding back.”

“To succeed in any field,Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkleAnd our enthusiasm-heartsMust dance.”

“God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.”

“Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!”

“Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.”