Love thy neighbor is more than a divine truth. It is a pattern for perfection.

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

Five of the most dangerous words I know: ‘What’s in it for me?

The carnal way their bodies slid against each other, the decadence of how he felt moving inside her made her blood race and her heart swell with love. Because he was hers. And she was his.

Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.

In truth, the degree of anyone's success depends on how often they can say the word yes and hear the word no.

I claim the right to contradict myself. I don't want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.

I would like to travel to my country again, to a country without a dictatorship, to a post-Putin Russia.

I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if I'm wearing the correct make up.

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

The way you slam your body into mine reminds me I’m alive, but monsters are always hungry, darling.

I grew up, probably like a lot of people, on cartoons. And I never thought I would have the chance to be in an animated movie. It's good also to show the world my sweet side with them.