“He was a man that lived in continual expectation of trouble, never reaching for it, yet always and forever prepared.”
–Louis L’Amour (Hondo)

“But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.”
–Job 5:7 (HCSB)

“Isn’t that what a friend is for–to take on your griefs when it is necessary?”
–William MacLeod Raine (Sons of the Saddle)

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.”
–Proverbs 17:17 (HCSB)

“Nothing is so disheartening as to rake over dead ashes, to realize that what is past is gone and can be recalled, especially youth and all the freedom and the reckless, heady luxury of life that goes with it.”
–Ernest Haycox (Return of a Fighter)

“Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.”
–Ecclesiastes 11:9 (HCSB)

“Important things aren’t bothers.”
–Luke Short (The Primrose Try)

“You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.”
–1 Thessalonians 2:10 (HCSB)