He was free-free to choose to swing from a tree for the afternoon rather than mend fences or train horses. He was free to live.

Sometimes it's the flaws that make something lovely.

Beauty is achieved through perfection of body and mind.

Sitting and looking at obstacles gives you nothing but dark circles. Stride for solutions.

Build up your faith while starving the fears.

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.

I know how long I need to be working to make my dreams become a reality.

I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness.

Christianity isn't looking for a rainbow. If it were... we'd pass out opium at services. We're trying to serve God, not be God.

I think that being a gentleman is what matters; taking them out to a nice dinner, open the doors, stuff like that.

Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.

The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.

Instead of trying to see things my way, I try to see things her [wife's] way, and if it honestly makes sense then I will submit to her instead of being a tyrant and a dictator.