An unsatisfied appetite for knowledge means progress and is the state of a normal mind.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

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

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.

The noblest calling in the world is motherhood. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can paint a masterpiece, or who can write a book that will influence millions, deserve the plaudits and admiration of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters whose immortal souls will exert influence throughout the ages long after paintings shall have faded, and books and statues shall have decayed or been destroyed, deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

That which a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress. I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don't have to think.