Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

The greatest test of life is obedience to God.

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.

Well... "why" is a hard question to answer in any language.

It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

I think I was always obsessed with esthetics.

I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in my blood.

Nowadays, Cubans who enter from Cuba with a visa do not receive any aid.

My favorite character on Friends was Joey, because we're both actors. I always thought that was so cool.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.