“Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.”

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can’t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

A truly educated man never ceases to learn.

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.

The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity, Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.

In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances

If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. It’s your choice

Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.

I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?

All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.

My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.

Marvin Gaye is an inspiration to me. He was one of the first Motown musicians that my mom and dad introduced me to, and I always thought it would be a good idea if I was ever an artist, and now I am, to make a record called ‘Marvin Gaye.’

We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.

I didn’t grow up wealthy. We couldn’t even afford spaghetti sauce when I was first born, but my mom and dad worked really hard and came from the bottom up.

We can’t rely – or no country can rely on just a single personality to carry it forward. And so what the American founding fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection not human perfection.

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.