Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.

True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and women with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love.

The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

"We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning...five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear and rested. Then I meditate.

No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is a vice that bespeaks a low standard of breeding. Blasphemous exclamations drive out all spirit of reverence.