Don't do anything stupid.

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.

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.

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.

And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.

The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

Understand from top to bottom what the effort requires.

We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

I founded Friends of the Earth to make the Sierra Club look reasonable. Then I founded the Earth Island Institute to make Friends of the Earth seem reasonable.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Every family has bad memories.

I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.

The stillness in art characterizes prayer, and the eye of the storm.