Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

God is the designer of the family.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.

I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.

Life can be very hard sometimes and you wonder why, but a little compassion is sometimes all anyone needs to get by.

If his surroundings could have reflected the feelings inside him, the pictures would have been screaming in pain.

Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.

If you're the guy who basically shows up with coal at the locomotive, they will put it in the train. Like, they won't even assess whatever or not it's good coal. Just throw it in there.

In your 20s, you learn. In your 30s, you earn.

But gamblers know how a man can sit for almost twenty-four hours at cards, without looking to right, or to left.

The dogma of the Ghost in the machine.

Your life is not about what you are doing. Yet, it is true that what you are doing is often a reflection of what your life is about.

I've discovered my vocation. I want to be a writer.