J. R. Todd Quotes

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves.

As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end mirror each other, that they are the same.

For every thought supported by feeling, there is a muscle change. Primary muscle patterns being the biological heritage of man, man's whole body records his emotional thinking.

Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God.

A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Being poor is a frame of mind.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

...when I was angry at God because I couldn't go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God's son was holding my son in his lap.

What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?

Keep going and the Lord will help you.

I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.

I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

The only way to combat failure is to see it as an opportunity to improve your direction.

At the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God.

If you get one photograph that's good from a trip, that's plenty.

I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter

If you don’t aim for the best prospects, you’re likely to do business with any prospect.

I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase

A delusion held by one person is a mental illness, held by a few is a cult, held by many is a religion.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots.

It ain't the despair that gets you, it's the hope.

We cannot lower the mountain, therefore we must elevate ourselves.

What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda.

My favorite thing is Spaghetti with white clam sauce anywhere on the Amalfi Coast or the Tuscan Coast.

The White House is dismissing these town hall fireworks as AstroTurf movements which means it's the opposite of a true grass roots movement.

Giving. What flows away from you flows back magnified: Become a joyful giver.

There are potential policy consequences to a president who doesn't believe in our election system and believes that there's rampant voter fraud.

Spices are very hot, very hip. I love spices. I've always loved the Mediterranean flavors.

If you don’t do something differently, you’ll ultimately be where you are now, only later.

Just because you're good at something, does that mean you're born to do it?

Remember, you can't steal second if you don't take your foot off first.

Hemingway was very sparse in his writing. Kris Kristofferson is like that. He can take four words and say it all.

Americans are finally realizing that once you lose land, you can't get it back.

I think sometimes we think faith is about having all the answers. It isn't. But it's the thing that keeps you steady and in peace in the midst of storms.

National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.

I don't belong. Not here. Not now. I have to get back there. The bet was rigged, he made me believe. Now there's darkness in my soul. I want to die . . . again. But I choose to come back, why?

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.

No one in college football or the SEC can tackle me by themselves.

Emotion constantly finds expression in bodily position.

The fact is that if you don't have an effective, efficient plan for selling, any business you get is accidental.

Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard.