"Loyalty to God is alone fundamental. Feelings, words, deeds, must be beads strung on the string of duty. Let the world tell you in a hundred ways what your life is for. Say you ever and only, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O my God." Out of that dutiful root grows the beautiful life, the life radically and radiantly true to God--the only life that can be lived in both worlds."

“I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.”

“I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.”

Source : Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

“If you do not magnify your calling, God will hold you responsible for those who you might have saved-had you done your duty.”

“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music,”

Source : Studies in the History of the Renaissance "The School of Giorgione" (1873)

“Algeria is what allowed me to accept myself.”

Source : Pierre Bourdieu (2014). “Picturing Algeria”, p.32, Columbia University Press

“My films require that the spectator ask the big existential questions. If you're not interested of turning inwards for answers, my films won't fulfill their whole purpose.”

“If we wait long enough, a teacher will answer her own question, so we won't have to do much work.”

“I'm the CEO. My job is to get out of the way. I work with smart people and trust they can accomplish their goals. So I make sure to focus on removing roadblocks for them and then resume getting out of their way.”