"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

"The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices."
— Richard Paul Evans

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
— Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles)

"That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

"A grandchild is God's reward for raising a child."
— Bill Cosby

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
— Abraham Lincoln

"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
— Abraham Lincoln

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
— Abraham Lincoln

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me insufficient for that day."
— Abraham Lincoln

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing."
— Abraham Lincoln

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all."
— Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
— John F. Kennedy

"To be in your children's memories tomorrow,
You have to be in their lives today."
— Barbara Johnson

"If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful things happen when the church surrenders its desire to convert people and convince them to join. It is when the church gives itself away in radical acts of service and compassion, expecting nothing in return, that the way of Jesus is most vividly put on display. To do this, the church must stop thinking about everybody primarily in categories of in or out, saved or not, believer or nonbeliever. Besides the fact that these terms are offensive to those who are the "un" and "non", they work against Jesus' teachings about how we are to treat each other. Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor, and our neighbor can be anybody. We are all created in the image of God, and we are all sacred, valuable creations of God. Everybody matters. To treat people differently based on who believes what is to fail to respect the image of God in everyone. As the book of James says, "God shows no favoritism." So we don't either."
— Rob Bell

"I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now."
— Elvis Costello

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)"
— Various (Holy Bible: King James Version)

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me"
— Various (The Bible - King James Version)

"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
— George Washington

""And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things" - 1 Nephi 16:29"
— Joseph Smith Jr.

"My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best."
— Winston S. Churchill

"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
— Winston S. Churchill

"And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even though they themselves be exterminated, may perhaps be celebrated as long as the world rolls round."
— Winston S. Churchill (History of the English Speaking People: Birth of Britain, 55 B.C. to 1485: 001)

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it."
— Winston S. Churchill

"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Reality continues to ruin my life."
— Bill Watterson (The Complete Calvin and Hobbes)

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice."
— Bill Watterson

"Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN"
— Bill Watterson

"I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation."
— Bill Watterson

"Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government. There are only two main theories of government in our world. One rests on righteousness and the other on force. One appeals to reason, and the other appeals to the sword. One is exemplified in the republic, the other is represented by despotism.

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of law for the virtue of man. Of course we endeavor to restrain the vicious, and furnish a fair degree of security and protection by legislation and police control, but the real reform which society in these days is seeking will come as a result of our religious convictions, or they will not come at all. Peace, justice, humanity, charity—these cannot be legislated into being. They are the result of divine grace."
— Calvin Coolidge

"I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.
–Calvin"
— Bill Watterson

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
— Dr. Seuss

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!"
— Dr. Seuss