Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along the way. If we do not consciously select our goals, we may be controlled by goals not of our own choosing - goals imposed by outside pressures (such as the expectations of others) or by our habits (such as procrastination) or by our desire for the approval of the world.

The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.

To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods.

One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?