J.G. Holland Quotes
There is no point where art so nearly touches nature as when it appears in the form of words.
Communion is the law of growth, and homes only thrive when they sustain relations with each other.
In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect.
Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.
I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.
No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift.
A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences.
Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.
The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.
There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.
Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.
When I'm in emotional pain, I usually embrace the pain, cry, and let it all out. Then I try to look on the bright side.
Hiking is really great for centering; you get to be out in nature and although sometimes it seems like hell when you're getting up that mountain, it always feels good when you're done.
Truthfully, I wish I had a daily routine. It's hard being an actor because you never have a set schedule.
If I could say something to everyone on this planet, I'd tell them to follow their dreams.
As I get older, I fear aging less because I realize it's the inevitable, but I definitely have a slight fear of aging.
One of my favorite activities is just to drive and listen to music - of course, only when there's no traffic.
The truth I know for sure is that if something feels good and makes you happy on the inside, you're probably moving in the right direction.
Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah.
Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain, and only faith can do it.
We must never, in any age or circumstance, let fear and the father of fear (Satan himself) divert us from our faith and faithful living.
We don't want God to remember our sins, so there is something fundamentally wrong in our relentlessly trying to remember those of others.
God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face.
Everything in the gospel teaches us that we can change if we need to, that we can be helped if we truly want it, that we can be made whole, whatever the problems of the past.
To give ourselves totally to another person, as we do in marriage, is the most trusting step we take in any human relationship.
True love BLOOMS when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves.
May the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best within us be ours as we keep our love and our marriages, our society and our souls, as pure as they were meant to be.
No one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that he loves each of us--insecuritie s, anxieties, self-image, and all.
The Church is not a fast food outlet. We can't always have it our way. Some day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ, and that salvation can only come His way.
Surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful, especially to those who don't expect it and often feel they don't deserve it.
I ask for a stonger and more devoted voice... a voice for good, a voice for the gospel, a voice for God.
Your love for Jesus Christ and your discipleship in His cause must be the consuming preoccupation and passion of your mortality.
