Archived Quotes

Cricket teaches you patience and focus.

We are called to be witnesses to the divine presence in the world.

Not all of us can do great things.

But we can do small things with great love.

Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.

You're lucky to even be here.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.

The hard part is doing it.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president

was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment

awarded by courts... to my surprise...

almost all cases which were pending had a social

and economic bias.

Everything around you that you call life

was made up by people that were no smarter than you.

Move fast and break things.

There is just so much hurt,

disappointment,

and oppression one can take...

The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

When nature has work to be done,

she creates a genius to do it.

Sometimes one pays

most for the things one gets for nothing.

You better work,

or life will work you over.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance.

No man succeeds without

a good woman behind him.

Wife or mother,

if it is both,

he is twice blessed indeed.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep;

I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,

but only empties today of its strength.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets.

He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul.

Drawn by its severe harmony,

ravished with its beauty,

he lived in it and had his being there.

Alone in all history,

he estimated the greatness of man.

Step with care and great tact,

and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,

I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.