Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have.

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

You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all.

She did not care what a ludicrous picture she might be painting, a fat happy old lady in her night gown, swinging on a small little swing in the dead of the night.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt.

jealously lives with insecurity!

This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.

I know that money speaks more loudly than need.

If you want to change things in the USA it's best not to spend all your time writing but to take action against the ol' sea of troubles.

Creation is all space, all time - all things past, present, and future.