Freedom is not simply the circumstances that allow you to do whatever you want. Freedom is not only the opportunity to choose. Freedom is the strength of character to choose and to do what is right. With that in mind, our age is not an age of freedom, but an age of slavery. It is subtle, but it is real. The foundation of freedom is not power or choice. Freedom is upheld not by men and women in government, but by people who govern themselves.

Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have.

The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence.

Our culture places a very high premium on self-expression, but is relatively disinterested in producing "selves" that are worth expressing.

Striving humbly but heroically to live by what is good, true, and noble in the midst of - and in spite of - the modern climate.

If you don't have time to pray and read the scriptures, you are busier than God ever intended you to be.