"It's long term, man. A farmer might get rain one day and that's good. But too much rain could be bad. Not enough can be bad, too. They just stay faithful to the task. They have to be in it for the long haul.

Because there are good days when the rain comes, and there are bad days when the tractor breaks.
There are good weeks when the back 40 gets plowed and bad ones when you're trying to kill the Boll Weevils (Alabama even has a monument to the boll weevil, so I know from whence I speak!).
There are good months when the corn is knee-high by the 4th of July, and bad ones when the early draught never gave enough hope.
There are good years when the harvest is plentiful, and there are bad ones where you went under." --Brent McKinney

"So, the fifth thing I learned was stolen from Ma Deb's parenting class: The days are long, but the years are short. And keeping that perspective while the teens are going through their various ups and downs will give you the strength to be in it for the long haul. " --Brent McKinney

"You were the one kid. It's easy to look out at the masses of teenagers and be happy that lots of kids are coming to the meetings and have your ego stroked. But every one of those in the mass of teens is one kid with their own unique situations and struggles and hopes and dreams and trials and talents and interests. Never lose sight of how important the one kid is. Then you won't have to worry about the masses. You have to see extraordinary possibilities in very ordinary teenagers because God does that very thing with us." --Duffy