No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Life is tough, and we all go through it. It’s okay to feel down or sad, but don’t let these emotions control you. Keep your head up and be proud of who you are.

Even though you might be feeling alone because of what you’re going through, someone else has been through it and survived it. It actually does get better, so keep your head up!

Don’t look down on yourself and on your life. Everyone goes through struggles, and they give us an opportunity to learn and grow as a person. Keep your head up so that you don’t miss any of the opportunities that are waiting for you.

It’s a common mistake to think that holding on is something strong to do, but at times, it truly is letting go and getting a

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

Alaska had called shotgun. She usually drove, but when she didn’t, she was shotgun-calling queen of the world.

And I wasn’t great at talking for myself either. We had something important in common, then, a personality quirk I didn’t share with Alaska or anybody else, although almost by definition Lara and I couldn’t express it to each other.

Right. I’d forgotten about her. That keeps happening.

“How are his poems?”
“He’s not as good as he thinks he is, but then most of us feel that way.”

The Christmas message itself is that God chooses common people to do the most uncommon things. No matter how common you are, and no matter how simple you are, God has a plan and ability to come into our world and do something unusual.

The leaders in business and industry all have at least one thing in common – they are mentally strong. Mental strength is an absolute prerequisite for a successful, commercial career in our fast moving world. Although there are relatively few people who develop mental strength, anyone can.

I had a lot of sleepless nights.

Sleep resistance, bouts of insomnia, nightmares, night terrors, crawling into bed with parents in the middle of the night – all these are so common among children, it seems fair to call them ‘normal.’

All of us, no matter what we look like, we all have a common enemy, and that is evil. If we don’t understand that and come together, then evil will win.

A sixth sense cannot make up for a total lack of common sense.

Scared isn’t a good excuse. Scared is the excuse everyone has always used.

Mousa: God must love crazy people.
Rambo: Why?
Mousa: He make so many of them!

Truck drivers in love.

Nothing’s wrong. But there’s always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there’s a good-looking boy lying next to you. Suffering is universal. It’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

Who else is in love with these trucks?

I live way out in the country, in truck-country.

Trautman: You’re going to die, Teasle.
Teasle: Everybody dies.

He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. Many must have it.

Perhaps she was a little mad, but then old women often were.