There is one straight chain of truth without one heretical sentence in that which I have written.

We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity.

Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing.

We are all woven together in the great web of humanity, and whatever we can do to benefit and uplift others will reflect in blessing upon ourselves.

Whatever attracts the mind from God, whatever draws the affections away from Christ, is an enemy to the soul.

A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.

Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful surroundings of nature...these are God's means for restoring the sick to health.

Next to the Bible, nature is to be our great lesson book.

The things of nature are the Lord's silent ministers, given to us to teach us spiritual truths. They speak to us of the love of God and declare the wisdom of the great Master Artist.

Failure opens the door to the most powerful lessons and discoveries – but it does so only if you have the courage to accept reality and look failure in the eye.

...the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, it looks more like hatred than friendship.

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

Every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesn't mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because that's impossible.

The process of getting regulations right is described publicly as far more political than in fact it is. It's essentially a legal and technical enterprise.

I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me.

On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always morning.

Sometimes, when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of what they will be.

Even when I'm about to die I like to sound interesting and special. It was just talk.

Let's face it, the human eye is clumsy, sloppy, and unintelligible when compared to the camera's eye.