As we emulate His example, we will bless lives, including our own.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

Everyone prays to his own god, that's why miracles happen to some and not to others

Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore, there can be no beauty without goodness.

Everybody's a bird, locked up in a pretty cage. Sometimes you fly to a slightly bigger one, but you never quite have the courage to abandon captivity completely.

I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."

An advertisement will be a good one - that is if the headline is really a "stopper."

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.

I believe that God has a specific plan and reason He created each one of us.

We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.

We'll go into orbit. We'll go to the Moon. This business has no limits.

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation.