"Don't try to control other people's behavior. It is a tremendous burden to attach yourself to outcomes and behaviors you simply don't control. The only control you have is your own behavior; and that's tough enough to control. What chance do you think you have of controlling other's?" - Steve Maraboli

Last night, I heard a college baseball player say, "You can't control results. You can only control effort."

"Over the years, I've come to a realization – I can rest in the assurance that if something is meant to be, it isn’t up to me. It’s up to God. I give what I can give. And then wait for Him to give what only He can give. So, if He makes it happen without all my chaotic self-effort, then I will know it is His best. And if it doesn’t happen, I will praise Him for saving me from myself." - Lysa TerKeurst

"If you were to stop and think about who you used to be - the things you used to struggle with - you'd get pretty excited about how far God has brought you." - JM

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted desires, a broken friendship--when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us." - Oswald Chambers