It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities.

Building a successful life is much like building anything else: it should be thoroughly thought about in advance and then carried through to completion.

Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination.

The best way to improve our lives is to improve our thoughts.

All temptations can be handled easily when we know how, because no temptation is a temptation at all unless we are entertaining it.

It is a great paradox - almost everyone wants to improve his circumstances but almost no one wants to improve himself.

Those who wallow around in the sickness of their immorality and degeneracy get very little joy out of life here and certainly not much promise is held out for them hereafter.

Satan has no power over us except as we give it to him. God never forces us to do right, and Satan has no power to force us to do wrong.

Perhaps punctuality is a quality made even more valuable because it is found in so few people. Punctuality is not usually thought of in our day as a major virtue.

We insist on near perfection in everyone except ourselves. But if our course is questioned we become offended.

If I were asked to give the best idea of which I am capable, it would be that we should get out of the junk business and then start laying up treasures in heaven.

I’d like to say I’m not dressed up for anyone in particular, but that would be a lie.

His mother was as frosty as the polar icecaps. His sister was gone. Who did he have that cared about him? Who would remind him that he mattered?

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print the main thing is still to make history not to write it.

Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.

I don't think there are too many places left that humans haven't pretty thoroughly explored.

I am writing My Life to laugh at myself, and I am succeeding.

For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest.

I am going to be pretty kick a$$ by the time I'm thirty, and I can't wait!!

I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'

The more a man knows, the less he talks.