"To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone."

“Love is a command, not just a feeling. Somehow, in the romantic world of music and theater we have made love to be what it is not. We have so mixed it with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we have robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing.”

“Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you.”

“Everyone, young and old, was responding to [Frank] Sinatra. So, the first time that I physically remember, it was as a youth. He always seemed to be there, let me put it that way. I can't remember the exact first time, but I can remember the effect his voice had on me.”

“No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us.”

Source : Hannah Whitall Smith (1956). “The God of All Comfort”, p.206, CCEL

“Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.”

Source : Eric Greitens (2012). “The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage”, p.106, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him.”

“A traffic jam is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build roads and road capacity.”

“Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.”