If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.

And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.

The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

When I'm sad I tend to slide in to day dream and sing along whatever I hear on the radio.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.

And there's that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within...

I think the most important is believing in yourself and being passionate about everything you do in life.

Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.

I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had, had been recognized.

But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat.

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.