S Nelson* Quotes

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Remember: sin, even if legalized by man, is still sin in the eyes of God.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.

The time is always right to do right

An unprecedented wave of enthusiasm for missionary work is sweeping the entire earth. It is not man-made! It comes from the Lord, who said, “I will hasten my work in its time” (D&C 88:73).

Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.

Picturesqueness is a lost art. We may expect at anytime to hear that a collar ad is blazing its electric lights atop of the largest pyramid.

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.

AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.

The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment.

I have a right to be blind sometimes.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

Times change, we need to change as well.

The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

How you deal with life’s trials is part of the development of your faith.

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!

No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

Obedience allows God’s blessings to flow without constraint. He will bless His obedient children with freedom from bondage and misery. And He will bless them with more light.

I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.

We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.

Tigress is my alternate personality, especially with children. I love animation because you get to do things you don't normally get to.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Each day is a day of decision.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

I'm an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.

Driving in Monte Carlo is like riding a bike in your house.

Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are able to dominate the bank reserves of the entire country.

Israel should withdraw from all the areas which it won from the Arabs in 1967, and in particular Israel should withdraw completely from the Golan Heights, from south Lebanon and from the West Bank.

Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

As President, I would work toward international creation of a new world order.

There's so many things going on in the world, Babies dying. Mothers crying. How much oil is one human life worth. And what ever happened to peace on earth.

No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.

The Indians, however, could not migrate from one part of the United States to another; neither could they obtain employment as readily as white people, either upon or beyond the Indian reservations.

We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.

Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.

You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.

It really matters what you listen to. . . . Select music that will strengthen your spirit.

Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.