It is not enough to want to make the effort... it's in the doing, not just the thinking that we accomplish our goals.

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

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.

I need someone physically stronger than me.... I am always on top. It's really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that can put me on the bottom. Or the woman. Anybody that can take me down.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.

The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as his own.

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.

Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision.