J.G. Holland Quotes

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

Have confidence in who you are and don’t be afraid to go for what you really want in life.

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.

God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.

You get the information, and it's not your job to judge it or not judge it. You adapt, and you do it. That's what we do as actors. We're just as surprised as the viewers, sometimes.

God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are.

A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life.

It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now.

Joys divided are increased.

Beauty is in all shapes and sizes

As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind.

Gloom we have always with us, a rank and sturdy weed, but joy requires tending.

Where the quality of life goes down for the environment, the quality of life goes down for humans.

Voting is actually an exercise in futility and only used to convey false credibility to a controlled political system totally divorced from the people

The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.

I still have to remind myself to brush my hair and look socially acceptable.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

People think you're being dishonest because you're just too blunt.

We are infinitely more than our limitations and afflictions.

A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.

I just simply am not a dater. I think I have been on three official dates in my life. They are like job interviews and I refuse to be romantically employed.

I testify that bad days come to an end, that faith always triumphs, and that heavenly promises are always kept.

However many chances you think you have missed, however many mistakes you feel you have made, ... you have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

One of the great consolations . . . is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.

nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.

Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.

Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?

Don't you quit! You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help & happiness ahead.

My own great-grandfather, who said simply enough, "No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.

I always feel like everything I shoot is a student project and nobody else knows about it. I forget, in the moment, that other people will see it.

Death is nothing at all; it does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room.

The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come.

I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well.

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

What we are shines more brightly than anything we say or do. If we are to fill the world with light, we must first face any tattered remnant of darkness that remains in our own souls.

Education has been a really big part of my life. I went to an all-girls school for most of my life, and the curriculum was definitely at the top of your list.

The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.