How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?

If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions.

How could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Nor is any thought, when persistently entertained, too small to have its effect. The 'divinity that shapes our ends' is indeed ourselves.

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.

Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals

The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage our mortality.

I ask you, what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and a priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there?