We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

Not only a man without hand is handicapped but also a man without health.

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

The cross comes before the crown and tomorrow is a Monday morning!

We need grief as a precursor to emotional refreshment, and so consume it vicariously in somewhat titrated but powerful enough form through engagement with the arts.

The reason why life is a sleep & dream for most people is because their awareness is caught up with past or future & not with what is.

This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.

Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.

I know - from personal experience - that abiding values and abundant visions are learned in the homes of our people.

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.