To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

If one billion of you watch and do not intercede as one million of you assent to the one thousand who participate in the murder of a child, then one billion of you are a billion times guilty.

Ask Jesus to live in you & fill you with His Holy Spirit, & thank Him that you’re now God’s child

Genuine collaboration is an environment that promotes communication, learning, maximum contribution, and innovation.

I’d learned so much from traveling to familiar places that I figured I’d learn twice as much by going to a place I knew nothing about.

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means