The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.
Holding onto something that's gone only makes a sickness inside.
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.
Love birds don't always sing pretty tunes.
Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.
Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.
Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.
It's not his job, the president's, to pick winners and losers, nor to pass judgment on anybody.
Some may say [journal keeping] is a great deal of trouble. But we should not call anything trouble which brings to pass good. I consider that portion of my life which has been spent in keeping journals and writing history to have been very profitably spent. - "If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it.
So when you consider the archetypal, historical, and cultural background of whatever you do, it gives you a sense that your occupation can be a calling and not just a job.