John A. Carroll

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses

“We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.”
― John Calvin

“That is, only if we learn grace and wisdom in smaller daily disappointments will we be ready for the great ones. In the crisis, you will long for wisdom, but it will not answer.”
― Timothy J. Keller, God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs

“One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.”
― Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment