Don't marry the person you think you can live with marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.

Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That's a beautiful image of a father.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience - what they see, hear, think, and believe - will determine the future course for the nation.

The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other upon its shelves, I think to myself, There is a God.

There is a perfect rout of characters in every man—and every man is like an actor’s trunk, full of strange creatures, new & old. But an actor and his trunk are two different things

I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there. Page 188

Once you have women liberated, it's amazing how many other problems get resolved--pover ty, education, health. Women are the key in any community.

I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that’s all it is. It’s not a matter of intellect or logic, it’s loving with one’s inside, with one’s stomach.

If I could choose from all the fathers in the world, Dad, I'd choose you!

There is always something new to learn. There is always something new that I am learning and I wanna share it with the world.

We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in.

The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.

The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things.