If you are persistent, you will succeed

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

There is beauty in thinking independently.

The people inside the gym didn’t stand a dead drunk’s chance.

I was wedded to all the stars of the sky.There was not a single star left, and I married every one of them with great spiritual pleasure. Then I married the moon.

Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.

Any comparison diminishes the expressive qualities of the terms of the comparison.

Friends such as we desire are dreams and fables, yet we never quite give up the hope of finding them.

Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

Take advantage of the resources around you and the relationships you build!

If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.

Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future.