Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought.

Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.

Slander is poison to the soul.

[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.

The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.

In the well-ordered home we may experience a taste of heaven.

The aim of education is to develop resources in the child that will contribute to his well-being as long as life endures; to develop power of self-mastery that he may never be a slave to indulgence or other weaknesses, to develop [strong] manhood, beautiful womanhood that in every child and every youth may be found at least the promise of a friend, a companion, one who later may be fit for husband or wife, an exemplary father or a loving intelligent mother, one who can face life with courage, meet disaster with fortitude, and face death without fear.