'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Strength is finding the courage to let another person in. Strength is opening your heart to him and exposing yourself in all vulnerabilities- No matter how terrifying that may be.

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

The infinite Atonement is for both the sinner and for the saint in each of us.

I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.

To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends.

Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.

i am... absolutely destroyed at the loss. (--manny)

I'd like to meet a nice girl and leave all those 'hottest bachelor' lists behind.

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.