Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

God is good, and I love Him. Right now, God is permitting a very hard thing. Why, I don't know, but I still trust Him.

When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.

It is with tremendous excitement and pride that EMILY's List endorses Senator Hillary Clinton for president.

What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.

I am rather saddened at the end of a book. I think most writers find this. It's like a friend departing on a voyage.

You have your words, and I have mine.

Adams first law of survival: Get even first.

Knowing His will is more valuable than all the treasures we could ever have, and we must always esteem knowing His will as the true treasure, and therefore make it the primary thing that we seek.

... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.

Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world.