'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright.

What's your dream and to what corner of the missions world will it take you?

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.

Verily, affluence brings anxiety!

There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.

There are no short cuts to the top.

I can always remember standing up to the baddest girls in my elementary school. Wherever I went, there was always a mean girl, and that girl would always hate me because I wouldn’t bow down.

Diligence in employments of less consequence is the most successful introduction to greater enterprises.

I'll finish a body of work and think, "Okay, I got nothing. That was it. I'm done." And then you'll turn a corner and be like, "Oh my God!" And it keeps happening. I feel so lucky.