Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.

Write your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten.

Faith is like the hand of the beggar that takes the gift while adding nothing to it.

It is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen.

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.

Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God.

The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.

Regardless of how large, your vision is too small.

I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour.

As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book.

The only disability that I have, is that I'm human.

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

You are intelligent, you are diplomatic, you are beautiful, and you are and always will be...[he kisses her]...MINE...

Every moment holds the potential to cause us to see differently.

I lived in Paris when I was 20 and 21, and actually knew people that worked for the government there, that talked about terrorism in the country 20 years ago.

One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you're wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.

Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream Of Helicon; we therefore may suppose Those made not poets, but the poets those.

I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.

Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.