A mind grows by what it feeds on.

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

Have confidence in who you are and don’t be afraid to go for what you really want in life.

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.

Lincoln loved other people's jokes as much as his own.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious

I don't like the glamour. I just like the game.

Our consciences are not all of the same pattern.

You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

You might say that the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents.

The trees that have it in their pent-up buds To darken nature and be summer woods.

You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.