“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

I was with book, as a woman is with child

Don’t shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see him.

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.

Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.

He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.

In such a fearful world, we need a fearless church.

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.

If you never take risks, you’ll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived.

If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.

Man the individual consoles himself for his passing with the thought of the offspring or the works which he leaves behind.

I’m very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog – It’s the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling!

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

I’m learning without having to be behind a desk, so it’s a pretty cool place to be.

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!