Next to the human spirit the human body is the most marvelous of God's creations.

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.

An upturned life is righted in the box.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him.

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.

It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.

I've been passionate about two things in my life. One was Christina Alibrandi. The other is Josephine Alibrandi.

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.

Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history.