“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Truth allows no choice.

I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.

Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.

The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.

School typically doesn’t prepare young people for real life – unless their lives are spent following instructions and pleasing others. In my opinion, that’s why so many students who succeed in school fail in life.

In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.