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“Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.”
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“Funding for faith-based charities should] be judged based on performance and results - not religion. Now, if our sin is that our religion can produce the results, then we plead guilty.”
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“I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as captain.”
Source : "Power? Thanks, but I’d Rather Have Influence". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. June 4, 2011.
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“Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.”
Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.328
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“The process is the most beautiful part.”
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“You can't pay enough money to... cure that feeling of being broken and confused.”
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“I'd heard it all the time, 'Live in the moment.' But if I did that, I'd weigh more than a dump truck. Losing weight wasn't about the moment at all; it was about having faith in the future. It was about knowing there would be another meal in a few hours.”
Source : Stephanie Klein (2009). “Moose: A Memoir”, p.33, Harper Collins
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“I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.”
Source : 1898 House of Commons, 29 Mar.