People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

Collected Works of Charles R. Swindoll: A Collection Consisting of Living on the Ragged Edge (ed. Arrowood Press, 1995) - ISBN: 9780884861225