A man’s conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will – that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.
Poetry should… should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, ‘Henry, have you made your peace with God?’ Thoreau said, ‘I didn’t know we’d quarreled.’
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
I ain’t here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I’m just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that’s the way yall need Jesus.
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I’m sick or in good health, whether I’m in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.
A man’s house is his castle.
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
The one question I would have for Donald Trump is inspired by his ‘Make America Great Again’ cap. I would ask him, ‘When was America great? When did America not have an economic depression or a war?’
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.
If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man’s intelligence and his comprehension… would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins.
A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.
God buries His workmen but carries on His work.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another’s happiness.
I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.
Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come. A desire to serve is a natural outcome of one’s conversion, worthiness, and preparation.
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
If you rile a tiger, he’s going to show his claws.
It’s only by coincidence I started working with my father – all because of King Abdullah’s decision not to grant my promotion. God bless his soul, he did me a favor.
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities… still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
When I go, God’s going to have to give up his favourite chair.
A liberal to me is one who – and it suits some of the dictionary definitions – is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
