As we seek Christ, as we find Him, as we follow Him, we shall have the Christmas spirit, not for one fleeting day each year, but as a companion always.

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

At some point, you're no longer growing up, you're aging. But no one can pinpoint that moment exactly.

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American way of looking at things.

One murder is too many. But it is important that we learn about what has been effective.

It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.

We're all flawed human beings and we all have a cauldron of psychosis which we have to unravel as we grow older and find the way we fit in to live our lives as best as possible.

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!