S Nelson* Quotes

I truly believe that you can do anything if you just believe in yourself.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

You can change. You can 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.'

Keep studying the scriptures, keep doing the things that build your faith in Jesus Christ and then notice the wise choices you are naturally drawn to make

Counting blessings is better than recounting problems

Our air, water, soil, forests, oceans, rivers, lakes, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, minerals, that is the wealth of the country.

I try never to compare myself to other people. I just think this is who I am. You are happier when you think that way.

I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.

No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.

Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

The temple endowment was given by revelation. Thus, it is best understood by revelation, prayerfully sought with a sincere heart.

I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

I'm crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I'm crazy for loving you.

If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.

The enemy isn't conservatism. The enemy isn't liberalism. The enemy is bulls**t.

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.

For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

Fortunately, we are not in control.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.

We slaughter one another in our words and attitudes. We slaughter one another in the stereotypes and mistrust that linger in our heads, and the words of hate we spew from our lips.

My family was my guide to my reality.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

God's ways are behind the scenes, but He moves all the scenes which He is behind.

It only seems impossible until it's done.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.