Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep, so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood. … To have the approval of your conscience when you are alone with your thoughts is like being in the company of true and loving friends. To merit your own self-respect gives strength to character. Conscience is the link that binds your soul to the spirit of God.

It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home

As long as the day lasts, let's give it all we got.

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

Slander is poison to the soul.

To be carnally minded is to be spiritually dead

Free agency is a gift of God....The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is as inherent as intelligence which, we are told, has never been nor can be created