How does one magnify a calling? Simply by performing the service that pertains to it.

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

A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option.

We all have those dreams we've never let go of. But believe it or not, sometimes a job that we're not that keen on can help us achieve those dreams or goals.

I like to think illegal downloads only do real damage to the endless amounts of careless pop music though.

True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomplish things that you may never have felt capable of doing.

I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

I do not like to see men walk away from women in late middle age.

You either connect or you don't connect. It's not the end of the world. It's a movie.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.