Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Devotion is neither more nor less than a prompt, fervent, loving service to God. And the difference between an ordinarily good man and one that is devout lies herein, that the first observes God's commands without any special fervour or promptitude; whereas the latter not only keeps them, but does it willingly, earnestly, and resolutely.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.

Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne.

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

So little distant dangers seem: So we mistake the future's face, Ey'd thro' Hope's deluding glass; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

A good school is a community where children learn to live first and foremost as children and not as future adults.

The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes The more the statue grows.

May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

time will tell.

For when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.

If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.

He hath no power that hath not power to use.

There is a state of perfect peace with God which can be attained under imperfect obedience.

A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.