There must be some mixture of happiness in everything but sin.

Mothers, whatever you wish your children to become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation.

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people.

Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

Fear is the white lipp'd sire Of subterfuge and treachery.

The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.

The true order of learning should be first, what is necessary; second, what is useful, and third, what is ornamental. To reverse this arrangement is like beginning to build at the top of the edifice.

As nothing truly valuable can be attained without industry, so there can be no persevering industry without a deep sense of the value of time.

Something will be gathered from the tablets of the most faultless day for regrets.

Figure to yourself what the year would sustain were the spring taken away: such a loss do they sustain who trifle in youth.

Good music always defeats bad luck.

A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses in self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education.

When it comes to asking for raise, you just have to do it in the right way. You may get a no, and that's fine, but ask and make sure you know when you can come back and ask again.

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

When we have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we must have trust in him. We must trust him enough that we are content to accept his will, knowing that he knows what is best for us.

Those who give up cigarette smoking aren't the heroes. The real heroes are the rest of us - who have to listen to them.

Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of others.

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

Being consistent is way less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project.

Your praises will become your wages.